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title: "Strichelschneidervogel"
description: "Orthotomus atrogularis — Vögel. The dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) is a songbird species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dark-necked-tailorbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Strichelschneidervogel

> Orthotomus atrogularis — Vögel. The dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) is a songbird species.

- Scientific name: *Orthotomus atrogularis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `zoo` (Zoo & Haustiere)
- iNaturalist observations: 2140
- Wikidata: [Q795531](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795531)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15351](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15351)

## Names

- en: Dark-necked Tailorbird
- de: Strichelschneidervogel
- es: Sastrecillo cuellinegro
- fr: Couturière à col noir
- pl: Krawczyk ciemnoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

TH (514), MY (438), SG (368), VN (291), IN (120), KH (57), CN (32), ID (27), LA (13), BD (9), MM (5)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-necked_tailorbird

## Photo

![Strichelschneidervogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-necked-tailorbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337676533

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-necked-tailorbird?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).