The Asian stubtail (''Urosphena squameiceps'') is a bird in the family
Cettiidae
Cettiidae is a newly validated family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" assemblage. It contains the typical bush warblers (''Cettia'') and their relatives. As a common name, cetti ...
. The species was
first described by
Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It breeds in Korea,
Manchuria
Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer M ...
and Japan and winters to southern China and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
is
temperate forest
A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone. It is the second largest biome on our planet, covering 25% of the world's forest area, only behind the boreal forest, which covers abou ...
.
Description
It is a small bird with a short tail. Males and females are similar in color, as well as juveniles after fledging; they are brown all over with a paler underpart and a darker brown crest and eyeline.
Distribution and habitat
Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of northeastern Asia; non-breeding in parts of southeast Asia including Taiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.
Behavior
Voice
Breeding males produce a high-pitched ''shee-shee-shee-shee'' or ''cee-cee-cee'', while both males and females make a call similar to ''chott-chott-chott''.
References
Asian stubtail
Asian stubtail
Birds of Japan
Birds of Korea
Birds of Manchuria
Asian stubtail
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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