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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]
The Japanese bush-warbler (Horornis diphone) probably belongs in a different genus. Bush-warblers (or bush warblers) are small insectivorous songbirds of the genera Cettia, Horornis, and Bradypterus. They were formerly placed in the "wastebin" Old World warbler family. None of the genera as traditionally delimited are believed to be ...
Japanese bush warbler, Horornis diphone; Manchurian bush warbler, ... The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.
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]
Horornis Hodgson, 1845 – bush warblers: Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone) Philippine bush warbler (Horornis seebohmi) Palau bush warbler (Horornis annae) Shade bush warbler (Horornis parens) Bougainville bush warbler (Horornis haddeni) Fiji bush warbler (Horornis ruficapilla)
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 ...
Spotted bush warbler, Bradypterus thoracicus – r Long-billed bush warbler , Bradypterus major – N r Chinese bush warbler , Bradypterus tacsanowskius – V