The rufous-tailed tailorbird (''Orthotomus sericeus'') is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family
Cisticolidae.
It is found in
Brunei,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, the
Philippines,
Singapore, and
Thailand.
Its natural
habitats 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
mangrove forest
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fr ...
.
References
rufous-tailed tailorbird
Birds of Malesia
rufous-tailed tailorbird
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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