#0734 · 🐦 birds
Savi's Warbler
🇳🇱 Snor ·Locustella luscinioides
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what is it?
The Savi's warbler ( Locustella luscinioides ) is a species of Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella . It breeds in southern Europe and temperate western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in northern and sub-Saharan Africa.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 82 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,161 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 2 g.
- Scientifically named by Paolo Savi in 1824 (202 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Savi's Warbler
- Nederlands
- Snor
- scientific name
- Locustella luscinioides
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Locustellidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 82
- sightings in Europe
- 2,236
- sightings worldwide
- 3,161
- GBIF records in NL
- 20,122
- weight
- 2.1 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1824 by Paolo Savi
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Locustellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116940, Wikidata Q321272, GBIF 2493551, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.