Olive-backed tailorbird

The olive-backed tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium) is a species of passerine bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

Olive-backed tailorbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Orthotomus
Species:
O. sepium
Binomial name
Orthotomus sepium
Horsfield, 1821

It is endemic to the islands of Java, Madura Island, Bali and Lombok.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Orthotomus sepium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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