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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Horornis diphone

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cettiidae

Genus

Horornis

Species

Horornis diphone

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Japanese Bush Warbler

Horornis diphone (Japanese Bush Warbler · ウグイス)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

14~15.5cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Mixed forests of arrow bamboo, bamboo groves, and evergreen broadleaf trees in the southern Korean Peninsula, and royal azalea and shrub forests in the subalpine zone of Sobaeksan

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its total length of about 15 cm is similar to a ballpoint pen (about 14 cm) (Comparison).
💡 In Japan, its "ho-hokekyo" song has long made it a subject of poetry, and it was also kept in homes (Ministry of the Environment of Japan).
💡 On the Korean Peninsula, it breeds around bamboo groves along the southern coast, islands, and southern interior (Korea National Park Service).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

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📖 1. Overview

The Japanese Bush Warbler is a bush warbler that breeds along the southern coast and southern interior of the Korean Peninsula, showing a stronger tendency to stay in one place than the Manchurian Bush Warbler.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

According to Ministry of the Environment of Japan materials, its total length is about 14–15.5 cm, and males are slightly larger than females. Its body is greenish-brown overall with a pale brown supercilium, and it has 10 tail feathers.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It mainly eats insects and spiders and sings "ho-hokekyo." In the southern Korean Peninsula it breeds in arrow bamboo, bamboo groves, or evergreen broadleaf forests, and on Sobaeksan it also breeds near the treeline mixed with royal azaleas and shrubs.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

According to a survey by the Korea National Park Service Migratory Bird Research Center, breeding has been confirmed not only along the southern coast but also in the southern interior, with the northern breeding limit around Yeonhwabong Peak on Sobaeksan.