Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) - HBW 11, p. 588
French: Bouscarle de Swinhoe
German: Stummelsänger
Spanish: Buscarla-colicorta Asiática
Other common names: Short-tailed/Stub-tailed Bush-warbler
Taxonomy: Tribura squameiceps Swinhoe, 1863, Canton, China.
Frequently placed in genus Cettia. Proposed race ussuriana (from Ussuri Valley, in E Siberia) based on individuals in worn spring plumage (compared with fresh non-breeding plumage), and generally considered unwarranted. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds SE Russia (S Ussuriland), NE China (SE Heilongjiang), Korea, S Sakhalin I, S Kuril Is, Japan and Ryukyu Is; non-breeding SE China, Taiwan and SE Asia.
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A bird taking a bath at dusk Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 November 2004 6 years ago 22 sec 4 -
Bird behind foliage on log sounding alarm call Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 14 September 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
Bird giving alarm call from leafless bush Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 10 May 2009 2 years ago 13 sec 3.2 -
A frontal view of a bird perched on a low branch, then turning around and jumping away Locality Happy Island, Hebei, China (Northern)
Keith Blomerley 13 May 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 2.5
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Asian Stubtail, record shot of a foraging migrant bird.
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 14 May 2005 2 years ago 2
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Song of a bird.
Locality Vostretsovo, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 June 2009 1 year ago 4 -
alarm call Locality Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Desmond Allen 16 June 1996 1 year ago 3.5
