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Cordillera Ground-Warbler

Robsonius rabori

The Cordillera ground warbler, also known as Rabor's wren-babbler or the Luzon wren-babbler, is a species of bird currently placed in the family Locustellidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in northwest Luzon in the foothills of the Cordillera Mountain Range.s natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly conspecific and forms a species complex with the Bicol ground warbler and Sierra Madre ground warbler, which are some of most elusive birds in the country due to their extremely shy nature. Among these three elusive species, the Cordillera ground warbler is the rarest and most threatened. It has only been photographed once in the wild. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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