Urosphena is a genus of Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, formerly classified in the family Sylviidae. The genus was erected by Robert Swinhoe in 1877.
Urosphena | |
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Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cettiidae |
Genus: | Urosphena Swinhoe, 1877 |
Type species | |
Tribura squameiceps[1] Swinhoe, 1862
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These warblers are generally brown on the upper parts and lighter in color below with a brown, gray, or yellowish wash. They are similar to genus Cettia but have shorter tails.[2]
Species
editImage | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Asian stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | Taiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines | |
Timor stubtail | Urosphena subulata | Timor and northern and eastern adjacent islands. | |
Bornean stubtail | Urosphena whiteheadi | Borneo. |
References
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- ^ "Scotocercidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Alström, P. et al. (2011). "Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: 352.