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  Name Grass warblers
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Sylviidae
  Genus '''''Locustella'''''
  Genus Authority Kaup , 1829
  Subdivision Ranks Species


The grass warblers are small Passerine Bird s belonging to the genus ''Locustella'' of the Old World Warbler family Sylviidae.

These are rather drab brownish warblers usually associated with fairly open grassland, shrubs or marshes. Some are streaked, others plain, all are difficult to view. They are Insectivorous .

The most characteristic feature of this group is that the song of several species is a mechanical Insect -like reeling which gives rise to the group's scientific name.

Species breeding in temperate regions are strongly Migratory .

The nine species are