Japanese bush warbler

E120292

The Japanese bush warbler is a small, elusive songbird native to Japan, celebrated for its distinctive and melodious spring call.

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Japanese bush warbler canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
songbird
species
activityPattern diurnal
assessedBy IUCN
behavior secretive
skulking
binomialName Horornis
surface form: Horornis diphone
bodyLength approximately 13 to 16 cm
breedingRange much of Japan
breedingSeason spring
class Aves
commonName Japanese bush warbler self-link
uguisu
conservationStatus Least Concern
culturalSignificance associated with traditional Japanese New Year
frequent subject of Japanese poetry
diet insects
small invertebrates
spiders
distributionTrend stable
family Cettiidae
foundIn China
East Asia
Korean Peninsula
surface form: Korea

Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
genus Horornis
habitat bamboo thickets
farmland edges
forest undergrowth
gardens
shrubland
introducedTo Hawaii
Big Island of Hawaiʻi
surface form: Hawaii Island

Kauaʻi
surface form: Kauai

Maui
Oahu
kingdom Animalia
migratoryBehavior partially migratory
nativeTo Hokkaido
Honshu
Japan
Kyushu
Ryukyu Islands
Shikoku
nonBreedingRange Ryukyu Islands
western Japan
surface form: southern Japan
notableFor distinctive spring call
melodious song
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
plumageColor olive-brown upperparts
pale underparts
scientificName Horornis
surface form: Horornis diphone
songDescribedAs hoohokekyo
symbolOf early spring in Japan
taxonRank species

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyoto Prefecture hasSymbol Japanese bush warbler
Fukuoka Prefecture hasBird Japanese bush warbler
Japanese bush warbler commonName Japanese bush warbler self-link
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto hasMunicipalSymbol Japanese bush warbler
Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan hasBird Japanese bush warbler
subject surface form: Kashiwa