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(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. 

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).

Urosphena is a genus of Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, formerly classified in the family Sylviidae. 
The birds of this genus is similar to genus Cettia but have shorter tails.

1/ Asian stubtail (Chích Á Châu, Urosphena squameiceps)

Urosphena Greek oura tail; sphen, sphenos wedge.