Asian stubtail
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| image = Asian Stubtail imported from iNaturalist photo 296965690 on 20 June 2024.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Urosphena
| species = squameiceps
| authority = (R. Swinhoe, 1863)
| synonyms =
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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 Korea, Manchuria and Japan and winters to southern China and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
Description
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.{{cite web|title=Asian Stubtail|url=http://www.bird-research.jp/1_shiryo/seitai/yabusame.pdf|website=bird research|accessdate=17 August 2016}}
Distribution and habitat
Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of northeastern Asia; non-breeding in parts of southeast Asia including Taiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.{{cite web|title=Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)|url=http://www.hbw.com/species/asian-stubtail-urosphena-squameiceps|website=Handbook of the Birds of the World|accessdate=17 August 2016}}
Behavior
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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
{{Commons category|Urosphena squameiceps}}
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{{Cettiidae}}
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Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Robert Swinhoe
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