Dark-necked Tailorbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & allies)

Dark-necked Tailorbird

Orthotomus atrogularis

黑喉缝叶莺 (hēi-hóu féng-yè-yīng)

    Malay : Perenjak-Pisang Leher Hitam

    Japanese : ノドグロサイホウチョウ (nodo-guro saihō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 喉黒裁縫鳥

Taxonomy update for 2013

Green-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus chloronotus), endemic to Luzon in the Philippines, is split from the widespread Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) :
- Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
- Green-backed Tailorbird (Orthotomus chloronotus)

    
    Size : 11–12 cm; 7.5 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Orthotomus atrogularis nitidus (A. O. Hume, 1874)
  – NE India (from Jalpaiguri, in West Bengal, E to Assam S of Brahmaputra, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland), E Bangladesh (Chittagong Hills), also Myanmar (except W), extreme S China (S Yunnan), throughout Thailand (except S), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
• Orthotomus atrogularis atrogularis (Temminck, 1836)
  – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo (except NE).
• Orthotomus atrogularis major (Chasen & Kloss, 1928)
  – Tioman I (off E Peninsular Malaysia), and Anambas Is and N Natuna Is.
• Orthotomus atrogularis humphreysi (Chasen & Kloss, 1929)
  – NE Borneo.

Orthotomus atrogularis ssp. atrogularis

Date : 09 August 2020

Location : Hutan Lipur Papan, Papan, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Orthotomus atrogularis ssp. atrogularis

Date : 10 June 2017

Location : Taman Negara Pahang (Sungai Relau), Merapoh, Daerah Lipis, Pahang