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Japanese Bush Warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Cettia
Species:diphone
Binomial name
Cettia diphone
( Kittlitz, 1830)

The Japanese Bush Warbler 鶯(ウグイス) (Cettia diphone) is a passerine bird more often heard than seen. Its distinctive breeding call "Hoohokekyo" can be heard throughout much of Japan from the start of spring.

The bird is drab-coloured, and secretive. It is normally only seen in spring before there is foliage in the trees.

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