Manchurian Bush Warbler

Horornis canturians (Swinhoe, 1860)

Manchurian Bush Warbler, Horornis canturians, breeds across central and eastern China, south-east Siberia and the Korean Peninsula, and moves south in the non-breeding season to southern China, south-east Asia and northern Philippines. It is a passerine in the Cettiidae family, first described by Swinhoe in 1860. The bird is associated with temperate forest, scrub and woodland, especially shrubby edges, reedbeds and gardens, and it stays close to dense cover. It is often identified by its song. It can be separated from Japanese Bush Warbler by its richer rufous tones and buff-tinged underparts, and from Broad-billed Warbler by its pale supercilium and slimmer build.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cettiidae — Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies

Breeding range

Palearctic: c, e China, se Siberia and Korean Pen.

Nonbreeding range

to s China, se Asia and n Philippines