Avibase: Rhabdornis inornatus (Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis)

Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis

Rhabdornis inornatus Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1896

The stripe-breasted rhabdornis, also known as the stripe-breasted creeper or plain-headed creeper, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is endemic to the southern and central Philippines. The Visayan rhabdornis is now usually considered a distinct species, where previously it was considered a subspecies. The grand rhabdornis of Luzon Island is sometimes regarded as a subspecies, but usually now considered a distinct species as well. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Rhabdornis
Scientific:
  Rhabdornis inornatus

Original description

Citation:
Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1896

Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 6 p.18

Protonym:
Rhabdornis inornatus

Type locality:
Samar.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101092#page/378/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
1FE5D5C8AF630F19

Avibase ID:
avibase-1FE5D5C8

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1FE5D5C8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562704

Geographic range:

Rhabdornis inornatus: East Visayas and Mindanao (east-central and southern Philippines)
Rhabdornis inornatus inornatus: Philippines (montane forest of Samar)
Rhabdornis inornatus leytensis: Philippines (Leyte and Biliran)
Rhabdornis inornatus alaris: southern Philippines (Mindanao)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis
Bulgarian:
Минданаоска дърволазка
Catalan:
rabdorni capgrís
Czech:
brhlovec proužkoprsý
Danish:
Brunakket Kryber
German:
Streifenbrust-Kleiberstar
Esperanto:
stribrusta rabdornito
Spanish:
Rabdornis Cabecipardo
Spanish (Spain):
Rabdornis Cabecipardo
Finnish:
filippiinienkiipijä
French:
Rhabdornis à tête brune
Croatian:
prugastoprsi puzavac
Hungarian:
barnafejű barkósfakúsz
Italian:
Rabdornis pettostriato
Japanese (romaji):
mujikibashirimodoki
Japanese:
ムジキバシリモドキ
Lithuanian:
Dryžakrūtis filipininis liputis
Dutch:
Bruinkopkruiper
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bruntreklatrar
Norwegian:
Bruntreklatrer
Polish:
filipińczyk gładki
Portuguese:
estriado-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal):
trepadeira-de-peito-riscado
Russian:
Минданайский пищуховый скворец
Slovak:
šplháčik hnedohlavý
Serbian:
Smeđi brgljezoliki čvorak
Swedish:
gråkronad rabdornis (inornatus)
Turkish:
Esmer çizgili sığırcık
Ukrainian:
Філіпінник південний
Chinese:
纹胸旋木雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紋胸紋雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis ( Rhabdornis inornatus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rhabdornis [inornatus or rabori] (sensu lato) by some authors

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