Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

Other Names (World)
Asian Stubtail, Short-tailed Bush-warbler, Stub-tailed Bush-warbler

Family
Scotocercidae (Bush-warblers)

Size
9.50 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1863)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, temperate forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Nepal, Philippines.

Breeds south-eastern Russia (southern Ussuriland), north-eastern China (south-eastern Heilongjiang), Korea, southern Sakhalin I, southern Kuril Is, Japan and Ryukyu Is. Non-breeding south-eastern China, Taiwan and south-eastern Asia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (94)...)

Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) [XC748890]
by Geoff Carey from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call)

Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) [XC446653]
by Xiaojing Yang from Hainan Sheng, China (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Frequently placed in genus Cettia.

Proposed subspecies ussuriana (from Ussuri Valley, in eastern Siberia) based on individuals in worn spring plumage (compared with fresh non-breeding plumage), and generally considered unwarranted.

References
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