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White-eared Tailorbird
Orthotomus cinereiceps Sharpe, 1877
Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies
White-eared Tailorbird, Orthotomus cinereiceps, is a passerine in the family Cisticolidae, found in the Mindanao group of the southern Philippines, including Basilan and West Mindanao. It lives in dense tangles in primary and secondary forest, as well as forest clearings, up to 1,000 metres above sea level. Two subspecies are recognised, one on Basilan Island and the other in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Cotabato and Misamis Oriental. It was described by Sharpe in 1877.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Mindanao group (s Philippines)
