Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

Horornis acanthizoides

Small, shy songbird of higher-elevation thick edges and secondary growth. Similar to Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler but with a paler, much more contrasting supercilium, a yellowish suffusion to the underparts, and a different song: male repeats a high thin note over and over, ascending to an extreme climax, before giving a shorter, less intense series of trilling, descending notes. Endemic Taiwan subspecies (concolor) sometimes considered a full species.

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Horornis acanthizoides
Authority
(Verreaux, J, 1871)
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cettiidae
Genus
Horornis

Range and habitat

Migration
Vertical migration

Conservation

Population trend
declining

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Distribution

Bird Calls

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