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The '''black-headed tailorbird''' ('''''Orthotomus nigriceps''''') is a [[songbird]] [[species]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cisticolidae]]. It was formerly included in the "[[Old World warbler#Moved to family Cisticolidae|Old World warbler]]" assemblage. |
The '''black-headed tailorbird''' ('''''Orthotomus nigriceps''''') is a [[songbird]] [[species]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cisticolidae]]. It was formerly included in the "[[Old World warbler#Moved to family Cisticolidae|Old World warbler]]" assemblage. The species is sexually monomorphic in the adult plumage. |
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It is native to the southeastern [[Philippines|Philippine]] islands of (eastern) [[Mindanao]], [[Dinagat Island|Dinagat]] and [[Siargao]]. Specimens from Dinagat and Siargao have brighter, yellower ventral plumage and have been described as ''O. nigriceps luminosus''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halley |first=Matthew R. |date=2022-12-02 |title=A new subspecies of Black-headed Tailorbird Orthotomus nigriceps (Cisticolidae) and clarification of age-related plumage sequences |url=https://matthewhalley.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/2022_halley_jao_orthotomus_nigriceps_luminosus.pdf |journal=Journal of Asian Ornithology |volume=38 |pages=129–134}}</ref> |
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It is native to the southeastern [[Philippines]] : eastern [[Mindanao]], [[Dinagat Island|Dinagat]] and [[Siargao]]. |
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==References== |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Orthotomus |
Species: | O. nigriceps
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Binomial name | |
Orthotomus nigriceps Tweeddale, 1878
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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.
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
- ^ 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.