Alternative name: Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler
- Horornis acanthizoides
Cettia acanthizoides
Identification
9·5–11 cm (3¾-4¼ in)
- Brown upperparts
- White or pale buff supercilium
- Dark eyestripe
- Greyish-white chin and throat
- Buffy breast
- Pale yellow belly and flanks
- Small, very fine bill (dark above, pinkish below)
- Dark brown iris
- Pinkish-brown feet
- Short tail
=Distribution
China
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Cettia and considered conspecific with Hume's Bush Warbler.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies.1
- H. a. acanthizoides
- Disjunctly in two regions of China: central China (Shannxi south to Yunnan), and in east central China (Anhui to Fujian)
- H. a. concolor
- Mountains of Taiwan
Habitat
Tall grassy areas and dense bamboo thickets; forests.
Behaviour
Breeding
Its nest is a ball or deep cup made from dry grass, leaves, moss, spider webs, and feathers, placed low in a bush or thick undergrowth.
Vocalisation
Includes a flight call from a Minivet, and a Lesser Cuckoo at the end.
Recording © by china guy
Sichuan, China, September 2011
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Birding in Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellowish-bellied_Bush_Warbler
