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.