Black-headed tailorbird
The black-headed tailorbird (Orthotomus nigriceps) is a songbird species in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The species is sexually monomorphic in the adult plumage.
| Black-headed tailorbird | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Orthotomus |
| Species: | O. nigriceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthotomus nigriceps Tweeddale, 1878 | |
It is native to the southeastern Philippine islands of (eastern) Mindanao, Dinagat and Siargao. Specimens from Dinagat and Siargao have brighter, yellower ventral plumage and have been described as O. nigriceps luminosus.[2]
References
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- BirdLife International (2016). "Orthotomus nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715009A94436308. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715009A94436308.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Halley, Matthew R. (2 December 2022). "A new subspecies of Black-headed Tailorbird Orthotomus nigriceps (Cisticolidae) and clarification of age-related plumage sequences" (PDF). Journal of Asian Ornithology. 38: 129–134.
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