Cettiidae

Cettiidae
	Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Sylvioidea
Family:	Cettiidae; Alström, Ericson, Olsson, & Sundberg, 2006
Genera
	Abroscopus; Cettia; Horornis; Tesia; Tickellia; Urosphena; Phyllergates; and see text

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, cettiid warblers is usually used.^[1]

Some taxonomic authorities include this entire family, as D. Winkler et al. in an enlarged family Scotocercidae.^[2]

Its members occur mainly in Asia and Africa, ranging into Oceania and Europe. The pseudo-tailorbirds, tesias and stubtails, as well as Tickellia and Abroscopus warblers are mostly found in the forests of south and southeastern Asia, with one species reaching as far north as Japan and Siberia. The genus Cettia has the widest distribution of the family, reaching from Western Europe across Asia to the Pacific islands of Fiji and Palau. Most of the species in the genus are sedentary, but the Asian stubtail is wholly migratory and the Japanese bush warbler and Cetti's warbler are partly migratory over much of their range. A few species, such as the pale-footed bush warbler, are altitudinal migrants.

The species are small, stubby birds. Most have moderately long to long tails, while the stubtails and tesias have tiny tails that do not even emerge past their tail rectrices. The group is typically clad in dull plumage, often with a line above the eye. Altogether the Cettiidae are a quite variable group containing many aberrant birds that hitherto had been uncomfortably placed with a wide range of unrelated families. The Megaluridae which contain birds which appear very similar to many cettiids are far more uniform by contrast.^[3]

Most live in scrubland and frequently hunt food by clambering through thick tangled growth.

Among the "warbler and babbler" superfamily Sylvioidea, the Cettiidae represent an ancient lineage. As a group, they are probably closest to the Aegithalidae, the long-tailed tits and relatives.^[1]

Genera

There are 32 species in seven genera.

Image	Genus	Living species
	Abroscopus Baker, 1930 - warblers	Rufous-faced warbler (Abroscopus albogularis) Black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps) Yellow-bellied warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris)
	Urosphena R. Swinhoe, 1877 – stubtails	Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) Timor stubtail (Urosphena subulata) Bornean stubtail (Urosphena whiteheadi) Pale-footed bush warbler (Urosphena pallidipes) Neumann's warbler (Urosphena neumanni)
	Tesia Hodgson, 1837 – tesias	Slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea) Grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer) Javan tesia (Tesia superciliaris) Russet-capped tesia (Tesia everetti)
	Horornis Hodgson, 1845	Manchurian bush warbler, Horornis canturians Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone Philippine bush warbler, Horornis seebohmi Palau bush warbler, Horornis annae Shade bush warbler, Horornis parens Bougainville bush warbler, Horornis haddeni Fiji bush warbler, Horornis ruficapilla Tanimbar bush warbler, Horornis carolinae Brown-flanked bush warbler, Horornis fortipes Sunda bush warbler, Horornis vulcanius Aberrant bush warbler, Horornis flavolivacea Yellow-bellied bush warbler, Horornis acanthizoides Hume's bush warbler, Horornis brunnescens
	Cettia Bonaparte, 1834 – typical bush warblers	Chestnut-crowned bush warbler, Cettia major Chestnut-headed tesia, Cettia castaneocoronata Grey-sided bush warbler, Cettia brunnifrons Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
	Tickellia Blyth, 1861 – broad-billed warbler	Broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni)
	Phyllergates Sharpe, 1883	Mountain tailorbird, Phyllergates cucullatus Rufous-headed tailorbird, Phyllergates heterolaemus

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Alström et al. (2006)
^ Winkler D.; Billerman, S.; Lovette I. (2015). Bird Families of the World. Lynx Editions. pp. 442–444. ISBN 978-84-941892-0-3.
^ del Hoyo et al. (2006)

References

Alström, P.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. & Sundberg, P. (2006): Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 38(2): 381–397. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015 PMID 16054402 PDF fulltext
del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (eds.) (2006): Handbook of Birds of the World (Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-96553-06-X
Sefc, K.M.; Payne, R.B. & Sorenson, M.D. (2003): Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho Hypergerus atriceps, Green Hylia Hylia prasina and Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae. Ostrich 74(1-2): 8-17. PDF fulltext

[alströmetal2006-1] Alström et al. (2006)

[2] Winkler D.; Billerman, S.; Lovette I. (2015). Bird Families of the World. Lynx Editions. pp. 442–444. ISBN 978-84-941892-0-3.

[3] Hoyo et al. (2006)

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v t e Genera and members of the family Cettiidae
Genera	Abroscopus – Abroscopus warblers (3 species) Urosphena – stubtails (5 species) Tesia – tesias (5 species) Horornis – (14 species) Cettia – typical bush warblers (4 species) Tickellia – broad-billed warbler Phyllergates - (2 species) Scotocerca - streaked scrub warbler
Abroscopus	Black-faced warbler Rufous-faced warbler Yellow-bellied warbler
Cettia	Bush-warbler Cetti's warbler Chestnut-crowned bush warbler Chestnut-headed tesia Grey-sided bush warbler
Horornis	Aberrant bush warbler Bougainville bush warbler Brown-flanked bush warbler Fiji bush warbler Hume's bush warbler Japanese bush warbler Manchurian bush warbler Palau bush warbler Philippine bush warbler Shade bush warbler Sunda bush warbler Tanimbar bush warbler Yellow-bellied bush warbler
Phyllergates	Mountain tailorbird Rufous-headed tailorbird
Urosphena	Asian stubtail Bornean stubtail Neumann's warbler Pale-footed bush warbler Timor stubtail