Least ConcernRareEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 8 g
About the Olive-backed Tailorbird
The olive-backed tailorbird is a species of passerine bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.
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It is small, with a rust-colored head.
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What the Olive-backed Tailorbird sounds like
Recording: Untung Sarmawi · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Where it lives
Regular range
When to see it
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Peak activity in August · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grey-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusThe gray-backed tailorbird is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.
Visayan TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsIt was formerly conspecific with trilling tailorbird.
Cambodian TailorbirdOrthotomus chaktomukThe Cambodian tailorbird has an orange-red crown, and a black throat.
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