Olive-backed Tailorbird
Orthotomus sepiumHorsfield, T, 1821
English (US) Olive-backed Tailorbird
The Olive-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Orthotomus sepium
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive-backed Tailorbird
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Orthotomus sepium sundaicus
- Orthotomus sepium sepium
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
- Type locality
- Java; here restricted to Bogor, western Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.166
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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