Yabusame (English spelling) short-tailed bush warbler

Japanese: ヤブサメ(藪鮫) - ヤブサメ（英語表記）short‐tailed bush warbler

A passerine bird of the family Flycatcher (illustration). Total length is about 11 cm. Its upper body is olive brown and its underside is pale, with a black-brown eye stripe and pale yellow eyebrows that stand out. Sexes are the same color. The tail is very short. It breeds in northeastern China, Primorsky Krai, the Korean peninsula, and Japan, and migrates to Southeast Asia in winter. It arrives in Japan as a summer bird in April and May, and lives in dense forests from plains to mountains throughout the country. It moves around actively in shrubs and on the ground, catching and eating mainly insects. Its song is a thin, "shishishishishishishishi" sound similar to the buzzing of insects, with a fast rising pitch.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズメ目ヒタキ科の鳥（イラスト）。全長約11cm。背面はオリーブ褐色で，下面は淡色，黒褐色の過眼線と淡黄色の眉斑がよく目だつ。雌雄同色。尾は非常に短い。中国東北部，沿海州，朝鮮半島，日本で繁殖し，冬は東南アジアに渡る。日本には，夏鳥として4,5月に渡来し，全国各地の平地から山地にかけてのよく茂った森林にすむ。低木の茂みの中や地表を活発に動きまわり，おもに昆虫をとらえて食べる。さえずりは，虫の鳴声に似たシシシシシシシシという細い声で，しり上がりに速く鳴く。

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