Dark-necked tailorbird

Dark-necked tailorbird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Orthotomus
Species:	O. atrogularis
Binomial name
Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck, 1836

The dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Northeast India and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

It is often kept as a pet.^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Orthotomus atrogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22714985A94434723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714985A94434723.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. EDDY, SYAIFUL; MUTIARA, DIAN; MEDISWATI, ROSWITHA YEMIMA TIUR; RAHMAN, RAMA GIVATI; MILANTARA, NORIL; BASYUNI, MOHAMMAD (2021-11-18). "Short communication: Diversity of bird species in Air Telang Protected Forest, South Sumatra, Indonesia". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 22 (12). doi:10.13057/biodiv/d221206. ISSN 2085-4722.

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