Urosphena

Urosphena

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cettiidae
Genus:	Urosphena Swinhoe, 1877

Urosphena is a genus of Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, formerly classified in the family Sylviidae.

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:

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
Timor stubtail (Urosphena subulata)
Bornean stubtail (Urosphena whiteheadi)
Pale-footed bush warbler (Urosphena pallidipes)
Neumann's warbler (Urosphena neumanni)

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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Genera and members of the Cettiidae family

Genera	Pholidornis – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae) Hylia – green hylia (tentatively placed here) Abroscopus – Abroscopus warblers (3 species) Urosphena – stubtails (5 species) Tesia – tesias (5 species) Horornis – (14 species) Cettia – typical bush warblers (4 species) Tickellia – broad-billed warbler Phyllergates - (2 species) Scotocerca - streaked scrub warbler

Abroscopus	Black-faced warbler Rufous-faced warbler Yellow-bellied warbler

Cettia	Bush-warbler Cetti's warbler Chestnut-crowned bush warbler Chestnut-headed tesia Grey-sided bush warbler

Horornis	Aberrant bush warbler Bougainville bush warbler Brown-flanked bush warbler Fiji bush warbler Hume's bush warbler Japanese bush warbler Manchurian bush warbler Palau bush warbler Philippine bush warbler Shade bush warbler Sunda bush warbler Tanimbar bush warbler Yellow-bellied bush warbler

Phyllergates	Mountain tailorbird Rufous-headed tailorbird

Urosphena	Asian stubtail Bornean stubtail Neumann's warbler Pale-footed bush warbler Timor stubtail

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