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Asian Stubtail

Urosphena squameiceps

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestGround nestTiny · 9 g
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 1
Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 2
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 3
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 4
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Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 5
Photo: Pavel Smirnov · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 6
Photo: Pavel Smirnov · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 7
Photo: Rejoice Gassah · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 8
Photo: Rejoice Gassah (rejoicegassah) · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 9
Photo: Rejoice Gassah (rejoicegassah) · CC BY 4.0
Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), photo 10
Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

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. Voice: 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.

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When to see the Asian Stubtail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Asian Stubtail

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Japan Hong Kong SAR China Taiwan South Korea China Thailand Vietnam Macao SAR China Russia Bangladesh Laos North Korea Cambodia Myanmar (Burma)

Recorded as a rare visitor in India, Mongolia.

About the Asian Stubtail

The Asian stubtail 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.

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Easily confused with

Bornean Stubtail (Urosphena whiteheadi) Bornean StubtailUrosphena whiteheadiThe Bornean stubtail is a very small warbler with long legs and a very short tail, measuring 9.5–10 cm (3.7–3.9 in) in length and having an average mass of 10.4 g (0.37 oz). Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata) Timor StubtailUrosphena subulataThe Timor stubtail is a species of bird in the family Cettiidae.

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