Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler (Cettia acanthizoides) - HBW 11, p. 594
French: Bouscarle de Verreaux
German: Gelbbauch-Buschsänger
Spanish: Cetia Ventrigualdo
Other common names: Yellow-bellied Bush-warbler
Taxonomy: Abrornis acanthizoides J. Verreaux, 1870, mountains of west Sichuan, southern China.
When race robustipes of C. fortipes treated as a separate species, present species has usually been considered conspecific with it. Race brunnescens, with distinctive vocalizations, possibly represents a separate species; research in progress. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brunnescens (Hume, 1872) - Himalayas from N India (Garhwal) E to S China (SE Xizang).
- acanthizoides (J. Verreaux, 1870) - S, C & SE China (C Shaanxi and S Shanxi S to SE Xizang, N Yunnan, Sichuan, S Anhui and N Fujian).
- concolor (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912) - Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing, then foraging, calling and flying away. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp concolor)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 4.4 -
hiding inside trees Locality Taichung County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 15 April 2012 1 year ago 55 sec 4.3 -
An excited bird moving fast in vegetation. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp concolor)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.7 -
an agitated bird in a bush after hearing a 'Collared Owlet' Locality Mandala Road, Dirang, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp brunnescens)
Martin Kennewell 9 April 2010 3 years ago 22 sec 3
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Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler, Cettia acanthizoides acanthizoides, The nominate subspecies is common in bamboo thicket on top o
Locality Wawu Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp acanthizoides)
BirdExplorers 8 June 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird perched in a tree, singing.
Locality Mandala Road, Dirang, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp brunnescens)
James Eaton 1 April 2011 33 weeks ago 4 -
Locate at high altitude mountains.
Locality Taiwan
alder 8 June 2012 48 weeks ago 3.9 -
A singing bird along the roadside.
Locality Thrumsing-La National Park, Bumthang District, Bhutan (ssp brunnescens)
Tuomas Seimola 11 April 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird singing in a tree.
Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird singing.
Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp concolor)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 3.3
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A complete bout of the extraordinary, impossibly high-pitched song of this species. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan
(ssp concolor)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
A song. Locality Labahe Nature Reserve, Tianquan County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
(ssp acanthizoides)
herve jacob 1 May 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Calls by a bird. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan
(ssp concolor)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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