Sichuan Bush Warbler Locustella chengi, Laojun Shan, Sichuan, China, May. About this species, shanghaibirding.com consultant Per Alström et al. write, in their paper ‘Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China‘: ‘We conclude that the central Chinese population of Russet Bush Warbler represents a new species … breeding at mid elevations in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces.’ (Per Alström)
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