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Shade Bush Warbler
Horornis parens (Mayr, 1935)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The shade bush warbler or shade warbler (Horornis parens) is a species of bird in the family Cettiidae.
It is found only in Solomon Islands, where it is endemic to the island of Makira (formerly San Cristobal Island).
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests above 600m. It feeds on insects in the undergrowth and on the ground. It has short wings and tail with long yellow-brown legs and slender bill. Its back and crown are dark brown with a dull cinnamon coloured chest and throat. The males and females are similar, although the female is smaller at 14g compared to the heavier male at 18-19g, and may have a browner throat and less warm brown forecrown. The juvenile has a bright olive-yellow chin and throat, greyish front, olive-brown upperparts and a dark crown.
Wikipedia contributors, Shade bush warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:13:19.148208+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Horornis parens (Mayr, 1935)
- Name authority
- (Mayr, 1935)
- Common name
- Shade Bush Warbler
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cettiidae
- Genus
- Horornis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCettiidae
- genusHorornis Hodgson, 1845
- speciesHorornis parens (Mayr, 1935)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Horornis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Palau Bush WarblerHorornis annae (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone (Kittlitz, 1830) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus (Blyth, 1845) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes Hodgson, 1845 | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Bush WarblerHorornis seebohmi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied Bush WarblerHorornis acanthizoides (J. Verreaux, 1871) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hume's Bush WarblerHorornis brunnescens (Hume, 1872) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanimbar Bush WarblerHorornis carolinae (Rozendaal, 1987) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bougainville Bush WarblerHorornis haddeni (Lecroy & Barker, 2006) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fiji Bush WarblerHorornis ruficapilla (E. P. Ramsay, 1875) | CettiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cettia parens (Mayr, 1935) (Mayr, 1935) | synonym |
| Vitia parens Mayr, 1935 Mayr, 1935 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916922 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6MDDL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.