Dark-necked Tailorbird

SCI Name:  Orthotomus atrogularis
Protonym:  Orthotomus atrogularis Pl.Col. livr.101 pl.? text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Orthotomus
Taxonomy Code:  dantai1
Type Locality:  Malacca and Borneo; restricted to Malacca by Chasen and Kloss, 1929, Journ. Ornith., Erganzungsband, pt. 2, p. 120.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ORTHOTOMUS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Olive-backed Tailorbird O. sepium) Gr. ορθος orthos  straight; τομευς tomeus, τομεως tomeōs  knife, edge (cf. ορθοτομεω orthotomeō  to cut straight); "Gen. 34. ORTHOTOMUS.   Rostrum mediocre, rectum, subdepressum, basi triquetrum, attenuatum: culmine basi carinato, versus apicem leviter arcuato.  Mandibula tomiis rectissimis.  Nares basales, magnæ, superne membrana clausæ, inferne rima longitudinali apertæ.  Alæ: remiges, 1 spuria, 2 et 3 abrupte longiores, 4—8 longiores subæquales externe emarginatæ, ceteræ gradatim breviores cuneatæ.  Pedes subelongati.  Digitus exterior a medio ad basin connexus: hallux validus.  Ungues compressi arcuati acuti, postico medio duplo majore.  Acropodia scutulata.   The straightness and slenderness of the bill distinguish Orthotomus from the two former genera [Pomatorhinus, Prinia]; these characters, with the depression and triangular form of the base of the bill, prevent its union with the other genera of this family. I have not been able to determine satisfactorily the affinity of this genus. The slenderness of the bill and its other habits associate it with the Certhiadæ; in the acumen of the bill and the size of the hallux it resembles in some degree the genus Sitta.    Spec. 1. Orthotomus sepium.  ...  Chiglet Javanis." (Horsfield 1821); "Orthotomus Horsfield, 1821, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13, p. 165. Type, by monotypy, Orthotomus sepium Horsfield." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 173).  
Var. Orthotoma.
Synon. Edela, Sutoria.

atrogularis
L. ater  black; Mod. L. gularis throated  < L. gula  throat.
● ex “Coliou Rayé à Gorge Noire” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 259 (syn. Colius striatus nigricollis).
● ex “Vanneau armé de Goa” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, and Parra goensis J. Gmelin, 1789 (syn. Vanellus indicus).

SUBSPECIES

Dark-necked Tailorbird (nitidus)
SCI Name: Orthotomus atrogularis nitidus
nitidum / nitidus
L. nitidus  brilliant, glittering  < nitere  to shine (cf. Med. L. nitidus  fresh).

Dark-necked Tailorbird (atrogularis)
SCI Name: Orthotomus atrogularis atrogularis
atrogularis
L. ater  black; Mod. L. gularis throated  < L. gula  throat.
● ex “Coliou Rayé à Gorge Noire” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 259 (syn. Colius striatus nigricollis).
● ex “Vanneau armé de Goa” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, and Parra goensis J. Gmelin, 1789 (syn. Vanellus indicus).

Dark-necked Tailorbird (humphreysi)
SCI Name: Orthotomus atrogularis humphreysi
humphreysi
John Lisseter Humphreys (1881-1929) British colonial administrator, Gov. of British North Borneo (= Sabah) 1927-1929 (subsp. Orthotomus atrogularis).

Dark-necked Tailorbird (anambensis)
SCI Name: Orthotomus atrogularis anambensis
anambae / anambensis
Anamba Is., Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.