Olive-backed Tailorbird

Orthotomus sepium

Description

Orthotomus sepium is small, body color is gray and head is rust red.

Male bird: Crown, throat, and cheeks rusty red, other feathers greenish gray, and white belly swept yellow.

Female birds: The color of the head is not as red as the male, while the chin and upper throat are white.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

11 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Cisticolidae

GENUS

:

Orthotomus

SPECIES

:

Orthotomus sepium

Distribution

Orthotomus sepium can be found in open forests, secondary forests, mangroves. In Java and Bali this bird lives up to an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Peninsula Malaysia, Kalimantan, Sumatera, Java, Bali, and Lombok

Habits and Lifestyle

This bird is very active, especially in the lower vegetation but not infrequently also in the upper trees

Lifestyle

Biome

Tropical Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

These birds are insectivores such as spiders, caterpillars and other small insects

Diet : Insectivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season of this species is recorded every month. Lay 2 – 3 eggs, bag-shaped nests made of fine roots and seeds and decorated with spider egg sacs or moth cocoons

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 – 3 butir

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This species was evaluated as of least concern, due to its very wide population distribution

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Orthotomus sepium on The IUCN Red List site