{"id":56759,"date":"2025-07-25T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56759"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:03:40","slug":"long-billed-bush-warbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/long-billed-bush-warbler\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Billed Bush Warbler"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Long-Billed Bush Warbler Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of birders recently recorded the first confirmed Indian sighting of the elusive Long-billed Bush Warbler in 46 years, spotting the Near Threatened species in Ladakh\u2019s Suru Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Long-Billed Bush Warbler<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> medium-sized bush warbler (songbird)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a relatively <\/span><b>long tail and long bill.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Locustella major<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a limited distribution in the <\/span><b>mountains of Central Asia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s found in parts of<\/span><b> China, India, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It inhabits <\/span><b>grassy slopes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dotted with bushes, weeds, and grass; <\/span><b>upland terraced cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and <\/span><b>edges of alpine meadows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and forest clearings, at 2400-3600 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plumage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is generally <\/span><b>brownish-olive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with fine streaking on the back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The underparts are paler, usually whitish or buff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Size: Around 15\u201317 cm in length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sexes alike.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like other bush warblers, typically very <\/span><b>skulking and furtive,<\/b> <b>preferring to run instead of fly when threatened.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerges onto small bushes to <\/span><b>sing, producing a dull clicking <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that would underwhelm a grasshopper.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List: Near Threatened<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/longbilled-bush-warbler-sighted-in-india-after-46-years-101752951601121.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-Billed Bush Warbler is a medium-sized bush warbler (songbird) with a relatively long tail and long bill. 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