Grand rhabdornis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Rhabdornis |
Species: | R. grandis
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Binomial name | |
Rhabdornis grandis Salomonsen, 1953
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The grand rhabdornis (Rhabdornis grandis), also known as the long-billed rhabdornis or long-billed creeper, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is endemic to Luzon Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the stripe-breasted creeper (R. inornatus).
A medium-sized, long-billed bird with a white throat and belly, a brown back, rufous wings and tail, a black mask with a thin white eyebrow above, a gray crown, and brown sides broadly streaked white.[2]
Its natural habitat is tropical mid-elevation and high elevation montane forest.[3] The IUCN lists it as a Least-concern species but despite this the population is still said to be declining due to habitat loss and fragmentation.