| Asian stubtail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Urosphena |
| Species: | U. squameiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Urosphena squameiceps (R. Swinhoe, 1863) | |
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.
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]
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]
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.
