Asian Stubtail in Vietnam

(Chích Á Châu, Urosphena squameiceps)

The Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) is a bird in the family Cettiidae. 
The bird breeds in Korea, Manchuria and Japan and winters to southern China and northern Southeast Asia. 

Asian stubtail in Vietnam
Asian stubtail in Vietnam

Traits:
- Dark-eyelined, blackish-eyelined;
- Whitish-browed, brownish-browed, yellowish-browed;
- Short-tailed;


Urosphena Greek oura tail; sphen, sphenos wedge.
squameiceps, squamiceps Latin squameus scaly, (squama scale); -ceps -capped (caput head).

Asian stubtail in Vietnam
Asian stubtail in Vietnam
Asian stubtail in Vietnam
Asian stubtail in Vietnam