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*Yellow undertail coverts<br />
 
*Yellow undertail coverts<br />
 
'''Female''': is duller and lacks the dark throat
 
'''Female''': is duller and lacks the dark throat
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====Similar Species====
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[[Common Tailorbird]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Image:31747Dark-neck Tailor Bird Custom .JPG|thumb|350px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />Venus Drive, July 2006 ]]
 
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
 
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 5 subspecies:
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''O. a. nitidus'':
 
*''O. a. nitidus'':
 
:*North-eastern [[India]] (Assam) to [[Myanmar]], southern [[China]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
 
:*North-eastern [[India]] (Assam) to [[Myanmar]], southern [[China]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
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*''O. a. anambensis'':
 
*''O. a. anambensis'':
 
:*Tioman, Natuna and Anambas islands (South China Sea)
 
:*Tioman, Natuna and Anambas islands (South China Sea)
*''O. a. chloronotos'':
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:*Northern Luzon (northern [[Philippines]])
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[[Trilling Tailorbird]] was formerly included in this species.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland moist forests and forest edges. Mangroves, parks and gardens.
 
Lowland moist forests and forest edges. Mangroves, parks and gardens.
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[[Image:7317DnTailorbird-090204-fem.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|alibenn|alibenn}}<br />Botanical gardens, Penang, [[Malaysia]], February 2004]]
 
[[Image:7317DnTailorbird-090204-fem.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|alibenn|alibenn}}<br />Botanical gardens, Penang, [[Malaysia]], February 2004]]
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase
 
#BF Member observations
 
#BF Member observations
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#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2461877 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of among others the taxon ''chloronotos''
 
#Wikipedia
 
#Wikipedia
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Orthotomus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Orthotomus]]

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Male
Photo by Alister Benn
Malaysia, February 2004
Orthotomus atrogularis

Identification

11 cm
Male

  • Green upperparts
  • Chestnut cap
  • Dark throat
  • Greyish-white underparts
  • Yellow carpal joint
  • Yellow undertail coverts

Female: is duller and lacks the dark throat

Similar Species

Common Tailorbird

Distribution

Male
Photo by jweeyh
Venus Drive, July 2006

Asia: found in China, India, Eastern Himalayas
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • O. a. nitidus:
  • O. a. atrogularis:
  • O. a. humphreysi:
  • O. a. anambensis:
  • Tioman, Natuna and Anambas islands (South China Sea)

Trilling Tailorbird was formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Lowland moist forests and forest edges. Mangroves, parks and gardens.

Behaviour

Female
Photo by alibenn
Botanical gardens, Penang, Malaysia, February 2004

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of among others the taxon chloronotos
  5. Wikipedia

External Links

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