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Common tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a species in the family Cisticolidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 7 g to 7.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common tailorbird

Weight
7 g – 7.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.25 – 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common tailorbird live?

Not recorded

What is the common tailorbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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. 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Common tailorbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_tailorbird&oldid=1370632098), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common tailorbird endangered?

The common tailorbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the common tailorbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCisticolidae
  6. genusOrthotomus
  7. SpeciesOrthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769)

Synonyms Motacilla sutoria, Orthotomus phyllorrhapheus

Other names and names in other languages (52)
  • টুনটুনিBangla
  • ocell sastre cuallargCatalan
  • Ocell Sastre de Coa LlargaCatalan
  • krejčiřík obecnýCzech
  • teiliwr cyffredinWelsh
  • Indisk SkrædderfuglDanish
  • RotstirnschneidervogelGerman
  • Rotstirn-SchneidervogelGerman
  • Komuna tajlorbirdoEsperanto
  • ordinara tajlorbirdoEsperanto
  • Sastrecillo comúnSpanish
  • pitkäpyrstöräätäliFinnish
  • Couturière à longue queueFrench
  • દરજીડોGujarati
  • Thaiyal chittuHindi
  • dugorepa šivalicaCroatian
  • varrómadárHungarian
  • Cinenen pisangIndonesian
  • Uccello sarto comuneItalian
  • Uccello sarto codalungaItalian
  • オナガサイホウチョウJapanese
  • Prenjak LumutJavanese
  • 재봉새Korean
  • paprastoji nendrinukė siuvėjaLithuanian
  • തുന്നാരൻMalayalam
  • അടയ്ക്കാപ്പക്ഷിMalayalam
  • शिंपीMarathi
  • Perenjak PisangMalay
  • langhaleskredderfuglNorwegian Bokmål
  • LangstaartsnijdervogelDutch
  • langstjertskredderfuglNorwegian
  • krawczykPolish
  • krawczyk (zwyczajny)Polish
  • krawczyk zwyczajnyPolish
  • costureiro-rabilongoPortuguese
  • Славка-портнихаRussian
  • Краснолобая портнихаRussian
  • Красношапочная портнихаRussian
  • බට්ටිච්චාSinhala
  • krajčírik dlhochvostýSlovak
  • птица кројачSerbian
  • Obična ptica krojač (Darzi)Serbian
  • SkräddarfågelSwedish
  • långstjärtad skräddarfågelSwedish
  • தையல் சிட்டுTamil
  • சாதாரண தையல்காரக் குருவிTamil
  • นกกระจิบธรรมดาThai
  • TerzikuşuTurkish
  • Uzun kuyruklu terzi kuşuTurkish
  • кравчик довгохвостийUkrainian
  • 長尾縫葉鶯Chinese
  • 长尾缝叶莺Chinese

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Relatives of the common tailorbird

Other species in the same genus Orthotomus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common tailorbird?

An adult common tailorbird weighs 7 g – 7.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common tailorbird endangered?

The common tailorbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the common tailorbird?

The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{common_tailorbird_2026,
  title = {Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-tailorbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}