Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis
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The Stripe-breasted Creeper (Rhabdornis inornatus), also known as the Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis or Plain-headed Creeper, is a species of bird
in the Philippine creeper
family, Rhabdornithidae. It is endemic to the southern and central Philippines
. The Long-billed Creeper (R. grandis) of Luzon
Island is sometimes regarded as a subspecies
of it.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Philippine creeper
Philippine creeper
The Philippine creepers or rhabdornises are small passerine birds. They are endemic to the Philippines. The group contains a single genus Rhabdornis with three species...
family, Rhabdornithidae. It is endemic to the southern and central Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The Long-billed Creeper (R. grandis) of Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
Island is sometimes regarded as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of it.