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White tailed warbler

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Poliolais lopezi

Higher classification
  
Poliolais

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Cisticolidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

White-tailed warbler httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Genus
  
Poliolais Alexander, 1903

Similar
  
Green longtail, Sierra Leone prinia, Dambo cisticola, Black‑headed rufous warbler, Red‑capped forest warbler

The white-tailed warbler (Poliolais lopezi) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family, the only of its genus Poliolais. It is found in Bioko island, western Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

References

White-tailed warbler Wikipedia