Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone) | Photos and ID

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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 13 g

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 1 — Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 2 — Photo: mami_t_t · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 3 — Photo: mami_t_t · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 4 — Photo: Jiro Iguchi · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 5 — Photo: Jiro Iguchi · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 6 — Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone), photo 7 — Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Japanese bush warbler is olive brown above and tending toward dusky colors below. It has pale eyebrows. It has a beak that curves up making it look like it is smiling. The bird is typically 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in) in length. Voice: Pi pi pi... kekyo kekyo Hooo- hoke'kyo Hoohokekyo. Young Japanese bush warblers do not initially perform the "hoohokekyo" song skillfully, but gradually learn to sing by imitating others in the vicinity. Hooo- hokekyo, hooo- hokekyo. The songs of two Japanese bush warblers are recorded here on a single file.

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When to see the Japanese Bush Warbler

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

Where to see the Japanese Bush Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Taiwan United States South Korea China Hong Kong SAR China Russia Mongolia Philippines Vietnam Macao SAR China North Korea Thailand Laos

Recorded as a rare visitor in Germany.

About the Japanese Bush Warbler

The Japanese bush warbler, known in Japanese as uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen. Its distinctive breeding song can be heard throughout much of Japan from the start of spring.

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Easily confused with

Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipesThe brown-flanked bush warbler, also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae.

Yellow-bellied Bush WarblerHorornis acanthizoidesThe yellow-bellied bush warbler, also known as the yellowish-bellied bush warbler, is a species of bush warbler in the family Cettiidae.

Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceusThe aberrant bush warbler is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae.

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