Urosphena
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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Urosphena R. Swinhoe, 1877 |
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.[1]
Species
| Image | 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. | |
| Pale-footed bush warbler | Urosphena pallidipes | Myanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China | |
| Neumann's warbler | Urosphena neumanni | Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. | |
References
- 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.
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