Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Long-billed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus major) - HBW 11, p. 603

French: Bouscarle à long bec German: Kaschmirbuschsänger Spanish: Zarzalero Piquilargo
Other common names: Long-billed Grass-warbler, Large-billed Bush-warbler/Grass-warbler

Taxonomy: Dumeticola major W. E. Brooks, 1872, Kashmir.
Affiliation to B. thoracicus and B. davidi suggested by presence of breast spotting; on other hand, undertail-covert pattern, relatively slender bill and large size suggest that spotting perhaps is coincidental and that this may be a more primitive species. Two subspecies recognized.

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