White-browed Tailorbird
Orthotomus nigriceps
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The black-headed tailorbird, also known as the white-browed tailorbird, is a species of songbird in the cisticola family, Cisticolidae. First formally described by the Scottish ornithologist Arthur Hay in 1877, it is endemic to the southeastern Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Mindanao, Dinagat, and Siargao. It inhabits dense undergrowth in lowland forests at elevations of up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Orthotomus