Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Chinese Bush-warbler (Bradypterus tacsanowskius) - HBW 11, p. 603

French: Bouscarle de Taczanowski German: Taczanowskibuschsänger Spanish: Zarzalero de Taczanowski
Other common names: Chinese Scrub-warbler

Taxonomy: Locustella tacsanowskia Swinhoe, 1871, Transbaikalia, east Russia.
In China, birds from E Qinghai have been described as race netrix and those from Guangxi as chui; this species, however, is variable in colour tones, and naming of geographical races considered unwarranted. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds E Russia (from Krasnoyarsk E through Transbaikalia to Khabarovsk region) and adjacent N Mongolia, and in NE, C & S parts of China (S to E Qinghai, SW Gansu, Sichuan and Guangxi); non-breeding S & SE Asia.