The Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) is a bird in the family Cettiidae. The species was first describedbyRobert Swinhoe in 1863. It breeds in Korea, Manchuria and Japan and winters to southern China and northern Southeast Asia. Its natural habitatistemperate forest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Urosphena |
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U. squameiceps
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| Urosphena squameiceps (R. Swinhoe, 1863) | |
It is a small bird with a short tail. Males and females are similar in color, as well as juveniles after fledging; they are brown all over with a paler underpart and a darker brown crest and eyeline.[2][1]
Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of northeastern Asia; non-breeding in parts of southeast Asia including Taiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.[3]
Breeding males produce a high-pitched shee-shee-shee-sheeorcee-cee-cee, while both males and females make a call similar to chott-chott-chott.
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