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 - IndiaSimilar to: Japanese Bush-Warbler. Japanese Bush-Warbler has darker eye-stripe than Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler. Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler slightly smaller.
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
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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 - JapanSimilar 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.
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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_RyanSimilar to: Japanese Bush-Warbler. Manchurain Bush-Warbler has paler throat than Japanese Bush-Warbler.
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
