Yellow-breasted tailorbird
Yellow-breasted tailorbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Orthotomus |
Species: | O. samarensis
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Binomial name | |
Orthotomus samarensis Steere, 1890
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The yellow-breasted tailorbird (Orthotomus samarensis) is a species of passerine bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.
Distribution[]
The species is endemic to Samar, Leyte and Bohol, Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Orthotomus samarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715006A94436064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715006A94436064.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Orthotomus
- Endemic birds of the Philippines
- Fauna of Samar
- Fauna of Leyte
- Fauna of Bohol
- Birds described in 1890
- Taxa named by Joseph Beal Steere
- Cisticolidae stubs