Grey-backed Tailorbird

Orthotomus derbianus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g

When to see the Grey-backed Tailorbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-backed Tailorbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Grey-backed Tailorbird

The gray-backed tailorbird is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and found only on the islands of Luzon and Catanduanes.

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