Tailorbird
Common tailorbirds (Orthotomus sutorius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Orthotomus
Horsfield, 1821
Type species
Orthotomus sepium[1]
Horsfield, 1821
Species

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Tailorbirds are small birds, most belonging to the genus Orthotomus. While they were often placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, recent research suggests they more likely belong in the Cisticolidae and they are treated as such in Del Hoyo et al.[2] One former species, the mountain tailorbird (and therefore also its sister species rufous-headed tailorbird), is actually closer to an old world warbler genus Cettia.[3]

They occur in the Old World tropics, principally in Asia.

These warblers are usually brightly colored, with green or grey upper parts and yellow white or grey under parts. They often have chestnut on the head.

Tailorbirds have short rounded wings, short tails, strong legs and long curved bills. The tail is typically held upright, like a wren. They are typically found in open woodland, scrub 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's web to make a cradle in which the actual grass nest is built.

Tailorbird baby and nest

Species

The genus contains 13 species:[4]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Common tailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusChina, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam
Dark-necked tailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularisBangladesh, Northeast India and Southeast Asia.
Cambodian tailorbirdOrthotomus chaktomuk[5]Cambodia
Philippine tailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsPhilippines
Trilling tailorbirdOrthotomus chloronotusPhilippines.
Rufous-fronted tailorbirdOrthotomus frontaliseastern Philippines
Grey-backed tailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusPhilippines (Palawan, Luzon and Catanduanes)
Rufous-tailed tailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Ashy tailorbirdOrthotomus ruficepsBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, Vietnam.
Olive-backed tailorbirdOrthotomus sepiumJava, Madura Island, Bali and Lombok.
Yellow-breasted tailorbirdOrthotomus samarensisPhilippines.
Black-headed tailorbirdOrthotomus nigricepsPhilippines ( Mindanao, Dinagat and Siargao. )
White-eared tailorbirdOrthotomus cinereicepsPhilippines (Basilan and West Mindanao.)

Two species moved to the Cettiidae:

References

  1. ↑ "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ↑ Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, D.; Christie A., eds. (2008). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2.
  3. ↑ Alström, Per; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U.; Sundberg, P. (2006). "Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38 (2): 381–397. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015. PMID 16054402.
  4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Mahood, S. P.; et al. (2013). "A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus ) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia" (PDF). Forktail. 29: 1–14.

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