Species profile
Taliabu Grasshopper-warbler
Locustella portenta
Quick answer
Holotype MZB. Ornit. 34.411 (fig. S 3); adult female collected 12 Dec 2013 near Waiyo dinahana Camp (~ 1200 m) on Taliabu Island (S 01 ⁰ 47.614 '; E 124 ⁰ 48.216 '). Collected by the Rheindt / LIPI field party, including tissue samples from breast muscle and liver; skin prepared by Suparno; field number Tbu 80; heavy body molt with fresh remiges; medium fat; weight 19 g; wing length 5.9 cm; wing spread 18.4 cm; total length 13.9 cm; bill 1.4 cm; tail 5.4 cm; tarsus 2.5 cm.
- Scientific name
- Locustella portenta
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Locustella
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
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