---
title: "Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler"
description: "Helopsaltes certhiola — Birds. Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the genus Helopsaltes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pallas-s-grasshopper-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

> Helopsaltes certhiola — Birds. Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the genus Helopsaltes.

- Scientific name: *Helopsaltes certhiola*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 873
- Wikidata: [Q62168711](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62168711)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289501](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289501)

## Names

- en: Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- de: Streifenschwirl
- es: Buscarla de Pallas
- fr: Locustelle de Pallas
- pl: Świerszczak melodyjny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (381), HK (66), CN (60), TH (57), IN (47), ID (26), MN (24), SG (21), MY (19), KR (16), GB (3)

## Summary

Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the genus Helopsaltes. It breeds in the eastern Palearctic: from the Altai Mountains, Mongolia and Transbaikalia to northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands). It is migratory, wintering from India eastward to Indonesia. It is a rare migrant in Sri Lanka.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_grasshopper_warbler

## Photo

![Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pallas-s-grasshopper-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jason Thompson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316685421

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pallas-s-grasshopper-warbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).