Asian stubtail
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| Species: | U. squameiceps
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| Urosphena squameiceps Swinhoe, 1863
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The Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) is a species of bird in the family Cettiidae. It breeds in Korea, Manchuria and Japan and winters to southern China and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Description
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.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of north-eastern Asia; non-breeding in parts of southeast Asia including Taiwan, south-eastern China, Nepal and Philippines, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.[4]
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
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Asian Stubtail" (PDF). bird research. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22714368/0
- ^ "Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
