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
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
ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Asian stubtailUrosphena squameicepsTaiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines
Timor stubtailUrosphena subulataTimor and northern and eastern adjacent islands.
Bornean stubtailUrosphena whiteheadiBorneo.
Pale-footed bush warblerUrosphena pallidipesMyanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China
Neumann's warblerUrosphena neumanniBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
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References
  1. 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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