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BUSH WARBLERs and Allies

  Order Passeriformes    Family Scotocercidae

This family contains the Bush-warblers of genus Cettia and their allies. They are small warbler-like birds and occur mainly in Asia and Africa. The family was formerly called Cettiidae.


Genus Abroscopus

Warbler,_Black-faced  Abroscopus schisticeps  Found: Asia
The Black-faced Warbler has gray crown, nape, upper-breast; yellow supercilium, throat; black mask.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Umeshsrinivasan  2) Graham Ekins  3, 4) Dibyendu_Ash - India


Warbler, Rufous-faced  Abroscopus albogularis Found: Asia
The Rufous-faced Warbler has olive upperparts; white rump, underparts;  rufous-brown face, forehead; black stripe on sides of crown; blackish throat.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan  3, 4) Hiyashi Haka


Warbler, Yellow-bellied  Abroscopus superciliaris  Found: Asia
The Yellow-bellied Warbler has gray head; white supercilium, throat; yellow upper-breast, belly; blackish faint eye-line.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan  3) Jerry_Oldenettel



Genus Cettia

Tesia, Chestnut-headed  Cettia castaneocoronata  Found: Asia
The Chestnut-headed Tesia has brown upperparts; chestnut head; white behind eye; yellow throat; yellowish underparts.
Image by: 1) Ariefraham - Thailand  2) John and Jemi Holmes - India  3) Hiyashi_Haka


Warbler, Cetti's  Cettia cetti  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The Cetti's Warbler has chestnut upperparts; pale gray throat, underparts; pale supercilium.
Image by: 1) JV Verde - Portugal  2) Mark Jobling - Greece   3) Ferran Pestana - Greece  4) Agustin_Povedano - Spain


Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Bush- Cettia major Found: south Asia
The Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler has brownish upperparts, flanks; chestnut crown; buffy supercilium;faint eye-line; whitish underparts.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans  2) Cecilia Verkley


Warbler, Gray-sided Bush-  Cettia brunnifrons  Found: Pakistan to central China
The Gray-sided Bush-Warbler has brownish upperparts; flanks; chestnut crown; buffy supercilium; darker eye-line; grayish underparts; gray flanks.
Image by: 1) Dibyendu Ash - India



Genus Horornis  also Cettia
These are quite terrestrial birds, which live in densely vegetated habitats such as thick forest and reedbeds. They will walk away from disturbance rather than flush. The plumage similarities and skulking lifestyle makes these birds hard to see and identify. These bush warblers tend towards rich or greyish browns above and buffish or light grey tones below.

Warbler,_Aberrant_Bush-
  Horornis flavolivaceus  Found: China, Burma, Vietnam
The Aberrant Bush-Warbler has olive-brown upperparts; pale yellow underparts; buffy supercilium; pale brown eye-line.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2, 3) Dave_Curtis - China


Warbler,_Brownish-flanked_Bush-  Horornis fortipes  Found: south Asia
The Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler has brown plumage; paler brown underparts; faint dark eye-stipe.
Similar to: Japanese Bush-Warbler. Japanese Bush-Warbler has darker eye-stripe than Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler. Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler slightly smaller.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 3) JM Garg - India


Warbler,_Hume's_Bush- Horornis brunnescens  Found: Himalya region of Asia
The Hume's Bush-Warbler was formerly conspecific with the Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Pkspks  3) Francesco_Veronesi - India


Warbler, Japanese Bush-  Horornis diphone Found: Asia, Philippines
The Japanese Bush-Warbler has olive-brown upperparts; pale supercilium; dusky underparts; faint dark eye-stripe.
Similar to: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler. Japanese Bush-Warbler has darker eye-stripe than Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler. Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler slightly smaller.
Similar to: Mancurian Bush-Warbler. Manchurain Bush-Warbler has paler throat than Japanese Bush-Warbler.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Alpsdake - Japan


Warbler, Manchurian Bush-  also   Korean Bush-Warlber  Horornis borealis  Found: Asia, Philippines
The Manchurian Bush-Warbler has brown upperparts; gray supercilium; dusky underparts; faint dark eye-stripe.
Similar to: Japanese Bush-Warbler. Manchurain Bush-Warbler has paler throat than Japanese Bush-Warbler.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Ron Knight - China  3) Brendan_Ryan


Warbler, Palau Bush-  Horornis annae  Found Palau (near Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Gustav Hartlaub


Warbler,_Sunda_Bush  Horornis vulcanius  Found: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Mike Prince - Malaysia


Warbler,_Yellowish-bellied_Bush- Horornis acanthizoides  Found: China, Taiwan
The Yellowish-bellied Bush- Warbler has brown upperparts; pale supercilium; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2, 3) Hiyashi Haka - Taiwan  4) Dave_Curtis - China



Genus Phyllergates
This genus is also called Orthotomus

Tailorbird, Mountain  Phyllergates cucullatus  Found: China, India, southeast Asia. Indonesia, Philippines.
The Mountain Tailorbird has green upperparts; gray nape; yellow belly, flanks.
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan - India   2) Lip Kee - Java  3) Tom Tarrant - Borneo  4) LonelyShrimp



Genus Scotocerca - 1 species
This species is also placed in its own family Scotocercidae

Warbler, (Streaked) Scrub Scotocerca inquieta   Found: northern Africa, southwest Africa
The ( Scrub Warbler has gray-brown upperparts finely streaked with dark brown; broad pale supercilium; thin black eye-line; whitish underparts with reddish flanks, vent.;
Image by: 1) Henrik Gronvold  2) characters - Israel



Genus Tesia

Tesia, Gray-bellied   Tesia cyaniventer   Found: Asia, Indonesia
The Gray-bellied Tesia has green crown; black eye-line; gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Umeshsrinivasan


Tesia, Javan  Tesia superciliaris  Found: Java (Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Bram Demeulemeester


Tesia, Slaty-bellied   Tesia olivea  Found: southeast Asia
The Slaty-bellied Tesia has olive upperparts, crown; dark gray underparts; black eye-line.
Image by: 1) Haller1962  2) Jerry Oldenettel - Thailand  3) Jon Irvine - Bhutan



Genus Tickellia - 1 species

Warbler, Broad-billed   Tickellia hodgsoni  Found: Asia
The Broad-billed Warbler has dark rufous crown; gray throat, breast; yellow belly.
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan  2) Dibyendu_Ash
1) Juvenile



Genus Urosphena

Stubtail, Asian  also  Short-tailed Bush-Warbler  Urosphena squameiceps  Found: Asia
The Asian Stubtail has short tail; brown upperparts; bold white supercilium; dark eye-line; whitish underparts.
Image by: 1) N. Mishimura  2) Alpsdake - Japan  3) Hiyashi Haka


Stubtail, Bornean  Urosphena whiteheadi   Found: Borneo
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans  2) Jordan Sitorus


Stubtail,_Timor  Urosphena subulata  Found: Timor and adjacent islands (Indonesia)
Image by: 1) Dubi_Shapiro - East Timor


Warbler,_Neumann's  Urosphena neumanni  Found: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
Image by: 1) Brian_Small


Warbler,_Pale-footed_Bush-  Urosphena pallidipes   Found; Himilayan region from Nepal to northeast India
Image by: 1) Manoj_Sharma - India





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