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Rufous-headed Tailorbird
Phyllergates heterolaemus Mearns, 1905
Cettiidae — Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Rufous-headed Tailorbird, Phyllergates heterolaemus, is a bird of montane Mindanao in the southern Philippines, where it lives in the Cettiidae family. It was described by Mearns in 1905. It is confined to the island and is associated with tropical moist montane forest. It uses forest understorey and edges, second growth, and grassy clearings above 1,000 metres. It was once treated as the same species as the Mountain tailorbird, but it differs strongly in plumage. It is also said to be locally common, though its numbers are falling.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cettiidae — Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: montane Mindanao (s Philippines)
