The Manchurian bush warbler (''Horornis canturians''), also known as Korean bush warbler, 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 Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836 – 28 October 1877) was an English diplomat and naturalist who worked as a Consul in Formosa. He catalogued many Southeast Asian birds, and several, such as Swinhoe's pheasant, are named after him. Bio ...

in 1860. It is found in northeastern China. The estimated distribution size is reported to be a large range – approximately 1,610,000 km². Although the global population has not been measured, the population trend appears to be stable. Because of this, the Manchurian bush warbler is evaluated as a least concern species. It is most active in the morning. It is often confused for '' the Japanese bush warbler.'' Its vocalizations have been described as "explosive" and "trilling."

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Manchurian bush warbler Birds of Manchuria Manchurian bush warbler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Robert Swinhoe {{Cettiidae-stub