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| Asian stubtail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Urosphena |
| Species: | U. squameiceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Urosphena squameiceps (R. Swinhoe, 1863)
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The Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) is a bird in the family Cettiidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It breeds in Northeast Asia and Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
Description
[edit]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.[2][1]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of northeastern Asia; non-breeding areas include Hainan Taiwan, southeastern China and Indochina, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.[3]
Behavior
[edit]Voice
[edit]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
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- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Urosphena squameiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22714368A94414311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714368A94414311.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Asian Stubtail" (PDF). bird research. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Clement, Peter (2020). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)". Handbook of the Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.asistu1.01. Retrieved 17 August 2016.