Urosphena Explained

Urosphena is a genus of Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, formerly classified in the family Sylviidae. The genus was erected by Robert Swinhoe in 1877.

These warblers are generally brown on the upper parts and lighter in color below with a brown, gray, or yellowish wash. They are similar to genus Cettia but have shorter tails.[1]

Species

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Urosphena squameiceps Taiwan, southeastern China, Nepal and Philippines
Urosphena subulata Timor and northern and eastern adjacent islands.
Urosphena whiteheadi Borneo.
Urosphena pallidipes Myanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China
Urosphena neumanni Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Notes and References

  1. Alström, P. et al. (2011). "Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: 352.