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OverviewAI-generated
*Orthotomus sutorius*, commonly known as the Common Tailorbird, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It belongs to the genus *Orthotomus* and was originally described by Pennant in 1769. The species is classified within the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia.
The taxon range includes Indonesia and the Nanling Mountains. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in China, Singapore, Myanmar, India, and Sri Lanka. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2024. Biological data lists a mass of 7.5, a litter size of 3.5, and an egg incubation period of 12.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 274
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Collections
- DMNS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS, UWBM, CMNH, USNM
- Recorded in
- China, Singapore, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam
Bird sounds
- song· Thailand· quality A
- song· Sri Lanka· quality A
- song· China· quality A
- song· China· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orthotomus
- Mass
- 7.5
- Image
- Orthotomus sutorius.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Orthotomus sutorius
- taxon name
- Orthotomus sutorius
- Commons gallery
- Orthotomus sutorius
- litter size
- 3.5
- egg incubation period
- 12
- taxon common name
- 长尾缝叶莺
- short name
- O. sutorius
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- taxon author citation
- (Pennant, 1769)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Male tailorbird The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling as Darzee in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are familiar and give away their presence. They are distinctive in having a long upright tail, greenish upper body plumage and rust coloured forehead and crown. This passerine bird is typically found in open farmland, scrub, forest edges and gardens. Tailorbirds get their name from the way their nest is constructed. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk to make a cradle in which the actual nest is built. Punjab tailor birds produce shiny red eggs, but became extinct around 1975 due to laying their eggs in fields used to grow fodder crops.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orthotomus sutorius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.