Urosphena squameiceps
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Stubtail sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 230th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Stubtail in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Khao Yai National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 330 mm in September.
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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Asian Stubtail sightings, Khao Yai National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 20%), Nikko National Park (Japan, under 5%) and Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Stubtail is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Yai National Park (18 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.
