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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.
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 (ιΆ―, 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]
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.
Cettiidae – bush warblers and allies (32 species) Cladogram showing the family relationships based on a study by Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019. [ 8 ] The number of species is taken from the bird list maintained by Frank Gill , Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).
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. ...
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The brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes), also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Himalayas, South China and Southeast Asia. [1]