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The propensity of the Japanese bush warbler to sing has led to the birds being kept as cage birds. Robert Young records that to encourage singing the cages of kept birds were covered with a wooden box with a small paper window that allowed only subdued light in. [4] Along with the return of the barn swallow the bush warbler's call is viewed by Japanese as a herald of springtime.
Uguisu (鶯 or 鴬) refers to the Japanese bush warbler. The latter segment bari (張り) comes from haru (張る), which can be used to mean "to lay/board (flooring)", as in the expression yukaita wo haru (床板を張る) meaning "to board a/the floor". [3]
Uguisu no fun (鶯の糞, literally meaning "nightingale faeces" in Japanese), also called the "Geisha Facial", [1] refers to the excrement (fun) produced by a particular nightingale, the Japanese bush warbler (uguisu). [1] The droppings have been used in facials throughout Japanese history. [1] Recently, the product has appeared in the Western ...
Horornis, the horornid bush-warblers, also belonging in the Cettiidae, an ancient sylvioid lineage related to long-tailed tits. [ 1 ] Bradypterus , the megalurid bush-warblers , belong to in the Megaluridae , the grass-warbler family which is closely related to the Malagasy warblers and the peculiar black-capped donacobius from South America ...
Species in the genus Horornis, such as the famous uguisu (鶯, Japanese bush warbler, H. diphone) and the brown-flanked bush warbler (H. fortipes) belong to a group that might include the aberrant broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni). This latter species differs wildly in its gaudy colors but in habitus is a typical "bush warbler". [5] [6]
Richie and Fonzie are back together again. At the Emmys, Ron Howard and Henry Winkler took the stage in a “Happy Days” reunion of sorts, in honor of the show’s 50th anniversary. On a re ...
Most of the species in the family are sedentary, but the Asian stubtail is wholly migratory and the Japanese bush warbler and Cetti's warbler are partly migratory over much of their range. A few species, such as the pale-footed bush warbler , are altitudinal migrants.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Japan.The avifauna of Japan include a total of 731 species, of which 19 are endemic, and 31 have been introduced by humans. ...