Urosphena squameiceps
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) is a bird in the family Cettiidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It breeds in Northeast Asia and Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forest. It is a small bird with a short tail. Males and females are similar in color, as well as juveniles after fledging; they are brown all over with a paler underpart and a darker brown crest and eyeline.
Breeding Asian stubtails reside in portions of northeastern Asia; non-breeding areas include Hainan Taiwan, southeastern China and Indochina, preferring a habitat of undergrowth in evergreen broadleaf or lowland coniferous forest.
Breeding males produce a high-pitched shee-shee-shee-shee or cee-cee-cee, while both males and females make a call similar to chott-chott-chott. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Stubtail sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 159 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Stubtail in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month. That is one of Cuc Phuong National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 390 mm in August. July has too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Stubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Asian Stubtail sightings, Cuc Phuong National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Nikko National Park (Japan, under 5%) and Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Asian Stubtail that you can see in Cuc Phuong National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (about 60%), Fork-tailed Sunbird (about 60%) and White-bellied Yuhina (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Stubtail is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (53 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
