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title: "Japanese Bush Warbler"
description: "Horornis diphone — Uccelli. The Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), known in Japanese as uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/japanese-bush-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese Bush Warbler

> Horornis diphone — Uccelli. The Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), known in Japanese as uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen.

- Scientific name: *Horornis diphone*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 6825
- iNaturalist taxon: [980065](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980065)

## Names

- en: Japanese Bush Warbler
- de: Japanbuschsänger
- es: Reinita Japonesa
- fr: Bouscarle chanteuse

## Countries with the most observations

JP (1215), US (170), KR (130), RU (113), TW (12)

## Summary

The Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), known in Japanese as uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen. Its distinctive breeding song can be heard throughout much of Japan from the start of spring.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_bush_warbler

## Photo

![Japanese Bush Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-bush-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341623940

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-bush-warbler?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).