Grey-backed tailorbird

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Grey-backed tailorbird
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Orthotomus
Species:
O. derbianus
Binomial name
Orthotomus derbianus
Moore, F, 1855

The grey-backed tailorbird (Orthotomus derbianus) is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Philippine islands of Palawan, Luzon and Catanduanes.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Orthotomus derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22714994A118737310. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22714994A118737310.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.