Common Tailorbird

How to identify

Field marks

1. Reddish-brown crown
2. Olive upperparts
3. Pale yellow around the eye and on the supercilium; white throat
4. Long tail often upturned, making up about half the body length

Male, female and young

The sexes are almost identical; the male is said to have longer central tail feathers in the breeding season; juveniles are duller.

Voice

The song is a loud “cheeup-cheeup-cheeup”; the two-syllable call is often repeated.

Where and when it's recorded

Common Tailorbird has been recorded at 1,079 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 15 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. GKVK CampusIndia12,781 records
2. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia5,554 records
3. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia4,470 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaChinaThailandSingaporeSri LankaNepalCambodiaMalaysia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical and subtropical 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.

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