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The Visayan miniature babbler (''Micromacronus leytensis'') is a
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in the
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Cisticolidae The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. This family probably originated ...
. It was for a long time the only member of the
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Micromacronus ''Micromacronus'' is a bird genus in the family Cisticolidae endemic to the Philippines. Long considered to be monotypic, its members are known as miniature babblers or miniature tit-babblers. As the scientific as well as the common names indicat ...
'', but the
Mindanao miniature babbler The Mindanao miniature babbler (''Micromacronus sordidus'') is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly included in '' M. leytensis'' as a subspecies, is now usually held to be a distinct species, ''M. sordidus''. ''M. sordidus ...
, formerly included in ''M. leytensis'' as a
subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
, is now usually held to be a distinct species, ''M. sordidus''. ''M. leytensis'' is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
. Its natural
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s are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...
. Its status is insufficiently known.


References

;Notes ;Sources * Collar, N.J. & Robson, C. (2007): Family Timaliidae (Babblers). ''In:'' del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Christie, D.A. (eds.): ''
Handbook of Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. Th ...
, Volume 12'' (Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees): 70-291. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Visayan miniature babbler The Visayan miniature babbler (''Micromacronus leytensis'') is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It was for a long time the only member of the genus ''Micromacronus'', but the Mindanao miniature babbler, formerly included in ''M. leyten ...
Fauna of the Visayas
Visayan miniature babbler The Visayan miniature babbler (''Micromacronus leytensis'') is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It was for a long time the only member of the genus ''Micromacronus'', but the Mindanao miniature babbler, formerly included in ''M. leyten ...
Visayan miniature babbler The Visayan miniature babbler (''Micromacronus leytensis'') is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae. It was for a long time the only member of the genus ''Micromacronus'', but the Mindanao miniature babbler, formerly included in ''M. leyten ...
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