Japanese bush warbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cettiidae |
Genus: | Horornis |
Species: | H. diphone
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Binomial name | |
Horornis diphone (Kittlitz, 1830)
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Synonyms | |
Cettia diphone |
The Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), known in Japanese as uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen. Its distinctive breeding song can be heard throughout much of Japan from the start of spring.