Locustellidae
Họ Chích đầm lầy

General

The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome. Malaysian names are now being updated. For consistency, Vietnamese bird names (except for ducks and chickens) are preceded by the word Chim meaning 'bird'. Ornithological lists mostly omit this as understood. Hover over Green Lettering Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

The Locustellidae are a product of the break-up of the Sylviidae, a huge assemblage usually referred to as 'warblers' in English. (Others include the Acrocephalidae, Phylloscipidae, and Scotocercidae, as well as part of the Sylviidae.) Naming is as follows:

1. Like most other members of the former Sylviidae, the Locustellidae go by the name Chích, an onomatopoeic word used as a Vietnamese equivalent of English 'warbler'. Since Vietnamese ornithological names have never systematically attempted to distinguish among different types of sylviid, there is no single name that covers the Locustellidae as a whole. Species formerly belonging to the genus Locustella are distinguished in some sources as Chích đầm lầy 'marsh warbler' (which has been adopted here as the family name), but those formerly belonging to the genus Bradypterus are not systematically differentiated at all.

2. The grass warblers (genus Megalurus) are known as Chiền chiện, a name also applied to the prinias and cisticolas (Cisticolidae). This reflects an earlier classification where the warblers, cisticolas, and prinias were placed together.

Vietnamese names from scholarly sources are themselves less than satisfactory. In addition to the usual misprints and inconsistencies, there are cases where the same Vietnamese name is used for more than one species (see tables).

Species names

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SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		VIETNAMESE		EAST ASIAN		S. E. ASIAN
Locustella
Latin	English/French	Vietnamese	Other V	Chinese	Japanese	Thai	Malaysian	Indonesian
Locustella certhiola	Rusty-rumped warbler Pallas's grasshopper-warbler Pallas's grasshopper warbler Locustelle de Pallas	Chim Chích đầm lầy lớn 'large marsh warbler (bird)' (12)	Chim Chích đầm lầy 'marsh warbler (bird)' (34) Chim Chích mày đen 'black-eyebrowed warbler (bird)' (13)	小蝗莺 (小蝗鶯) xiǎo huáng-yīng 'small grasshopper-warbler' Taiwan: (小蝗莺) 小蝗鶯 xiǎo huáng-yīng 'small grasshopper-warbler'	シベリアセンニュウ (シベリア仙入 ~ シベリア潜入) shiberia sennyū 'Siberian grasshopperwarbler'	นกพงตั๊กแตนท้ายทอยสีเทา nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen tʰáay-tʰoaay-sĭi-tʰaw 'grey-naped grasshopper-thicket-bird'	Burung Cekup Belakang Perang 'auburn-backed warbler (bird)' (26, 27) Burung Cekup Belalang 'grasshopper warbler (bird)' (24)	Burung Kecici Belalang 'grasshopper locustella (bird)' (from Javanese cici / kecici 'prinia')
Locustella lanceolata	Lanceolated warbler Lanceolated grasshopper warbler Locustelle lancéolée	Chim Chích đầm lầy nhỏ 'small marsh warbler (bird)' (12, 13)	Chim Chích giáo 'lance warbler (bird)' (34)	矛斑蝗莺 (矛斑蝗鶯) máo-bān huáng-yīng 'lance-striped grasshopper-warbler' Taiwan: (茅斑蝗莺) 茅斑蝗鶯 máo-bān huáng-yīng 'thatch-striped grasshopper-warbler'	マキノセンニュウ (牧野仙入 ~ 牧野潜入) makino sennyū 'pasture-land grasshopperwarbler'	นกพงตั๊กแตนอกลาย nók pʰoŋ-tá-ka-taeen òk-laay 'stripe-breasted grasshopper-thicket-bird'	Burung Cekup Jalur 'striped warbler (bird)' (26, 27) Burung Cekup Tikus 'mouse warbler (bird)' (24)	Burung Kecici Lurik 'barred locustella (bird)' (from Javanese cici / kecici 'prinia')
Locustella luteoventris Bradypterus luteoventris	Brown bush warbler Brown bush-warbler Russet scrub warbler Bouscarle russule	Chim Chích bụi rậm nâu 'brown thicket warbler (bird)' (13) Chim Chích ngực vàng 'yellow-breasted warbler (bird)' (12, 34) (Conflicts with Phylloscopus ricketti)		棕褐短翅莺 (棕褐短翅鶯) zōng-hè duǎn-chì-yīng 'reddishbrown-brown short-winged warbler'	チャイロオウギセッカ (茶色扇雪加 ~ 茶色扇雪下) cha-iro ōgi sekka 'brown fan cisticola'	นกกระจ้อยสีน้ำตาล nók krà-côaay sĭi-nám-taan 'brown warbler (bird)'
Locustella tacsanowskia Bradypterus tacsanowskius	Chinese bush warbler Chinese bush-warbler Chinese scrub warbler Bouscarle de Taczanowski	Chim Chích ngực hung 'reddish-breasted warbler (bird)' (12, 34)		中华短翅莺 (中華短翅鶯) zhōnghuá duǎn-chì-yīng 'Chinese short-winged warbler'	シベリアオウギセッカ (シベリア扇雪加 ~ シベリア扇雪下) shiberia ōgi sekka 'Siberian fan cisticola'	นกกระจ้อยพันธุ์จีน nók krà-côaay pʰan ciin 'Chinese species warbler (bird)'
Locustella mandelli Bradypterus mandelli Bradypterus seebohmi Taxonomy	Russet Bush Warbler Russet Bush-warbler Mountain scrub warbler Mountain bush warbler Bouscarle de Seebohm	Bradypterus seebohmi: Chim Chích nâu đỏ 'red-brown warbler (bird)' (12, 13, 34)		高山短翅莺 (高山短翅鶯) gāo-shān duǎn-chì-yīng 'high-mountain short-winged warbler'	タイワンオオセッカ (台湾大雪加 ~ 台湾大雪下) taiwan ō sekka 'Taiwan large cisticola'	นกกระจ้อยเขาสูง nók krà-côaay kʰăw-sŭuŋ 'high-mountain warbler (bird)'
Megalurus
Latin	English/French	Vietnamese	Other V	Chinese	Japanese	Thai	Malaysian	Indonesian
Megalurus palustris	Striated grassbird Striated canegrass warbler Striated marsh warbler Mégalure des marais	Chim Chiền chiện lớn 'large prinia (bird)' (12, 34)	Chim Chiền chiện sọc 'striped prinia (bird)' (Wikipedia)	沼泽大尾莺 (沼澤大尾鶯) zhǎo-zé dà-wěi-yīng 'swamp large-tailed warbler'	オニセッカ (鬼雪下 ~ 鬼雪加) oni sekka 'ogre cisticola'	นกหางนาค nók hăaŋ-nâak 'Naga (= serpent-demon)-tailed (bird)		Burung Cica-koreng Jawa 'Javanese streaked-bulbul (bird)' (see also leafbirds)

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