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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 11:23:34 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Dark-necked Tailorbird*
Id (Atlas):
Orthotomus atrogularis
Description (10 )
Dark-necked Tailorbird
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Other Names (World)
Dark-necked Tailorbird, Black-necked Tailorbird, Black-cheeked Tailorbird, Dark-cheeked Tailorbird
Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)
Size
10 - 12 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1836
Habitat
Primary and secondary lowland dipterocarp, peatswamp and kerangas forest. From sea-level - 600 m.
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (B), Thailand, Vietnam.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Habits
More often seen than heard. Forages with tail cocked.
Food
Small invertebrates.
Voice
A jaunty, reeling 'prreee', repeated at intervals of 0.5 - 1,5 s. Also a squeaky, grating 'zeettt'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (119)... )
Listen to XC808538
Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis ) [XC808538 ]
by Bram Piot from Phou Phamarn Rock View Point, Phou Hin Poun NPA, Khammouane, Laos (song)
Listen to XC754941
Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis ) [XC754941 ]
by Bram Piot from Tambon Song Phi Nong, Amphoe Kaeng Krachan, Chang Wat Phetchaburi, Thailand (duet, song)
Nest
Two or more leaves bound together with spiders web and lined with fine grass or kapok.
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut-crowned Tailorbird (Orthotomus castaneiceps ) and Rufous-fronted Tailorbird (Orthotomus frontalis ). All have been treated as conspecific.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
atrogularis Temminck, 1836 - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (except north-eastern).
nitidus Hume, 1874 - North-eastern India (from Jalpaiguri, in western Bengal, east to Assam south of Brahmaputra, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland), eastern Bangladesh (Chittagong Hills), also most of Myanmar (except western), extreme southern China (southern Yunnan), throughout Thailand (except southern), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
anambensis Watson, 1986 - Tioman I (off eastern Peninsular Malaysia), and Anambas Is and northern Natuna Is.
humphreysi Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - North-eastern Borneo.
major Chasen & Kloss, 1928 - Tioman I. (off eastern Malay Pen.), Anambas Is. and Natuna Is.
Similar Species
Female humphreysi differs from Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus ) by having a rufous nape and crown rather than being grey and ornage-rufous.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Dark-necked Tailorbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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