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Gray-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (9)
  • Subspecies (2)
Steve Madge
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2006

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Recommended Citation

Madge, S. (2020). Gray-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus derbianus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gybtai1.01