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Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, T 1769)

The common tailorbird 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. Tailor birds in Punjab used to lay shiny red eggs but became extinct about 1975 because they lay eggs in fields used to grow fodder crops. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Orthotomus
Scientific:
  Orthotomus sutorius

Original description

Citation:
  (Pennant, T 1769)

Reference:
   Indian Zool.

Protonym:
  Motacilla sutoria

Type locality:
  by inference, Ceylon.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56772639

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  AF5B727B6F62E69D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-AF5B727B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/AF5B727B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561738

Geographic range:

  • Orthotomus sutorius sutorius: plains and foothills of Sri Lanka
  • Orthotomus sutorius guzuratus: Pakistan and peninsular India
  • Orthotomus sutorius patia: terai of Nepal to northeastern India and Myanmar
  • Orthotomus sutorius luteus: northeastern India (northeastern Assam) to northern Myanmar
  • Orthotomus sutorius fernandonis: central highlands of Sri Lanka
  • Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus: eastern Myanmar, Laos, Yunnan, and northern Thailand
  • Orthotomus sutorius maculicollis: southeastern Myanmar to southern Malay Peninsula and southern Indochina
  • Orthotomus sutorius edela: Java
  • Orthotomus sutorius longicauda: southeastern China, Hainan, and northeastern Indochina
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Common Tailorbird
Catalan:
ocell sastre cuallarg
Czech:
krejčiřík obecný
Danish:
Indisk skrædderfugl
German:
Rotstirn-Schneidervogel
Spanish:
Sastrecillo Común
Spanish (Spain):
Sastrecillo Común
Finnish:
pitkäpyrstöräätäli
French:
Couturière à longue queue
Croatian:
dugorepa šivalica
Hungarian:
varrómadár
Icelandic:
Saumafugl
Italian:
Uccello sarto comune
Japanese (romaji):
onagasaihouchou
Japanese:
オナガサイホウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Paprastoji nendrinukė siuvėja
Dutch:
Langstaartsnijdervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Langhaleskreddarfugl
Norwegian:
Langhaleskredderfugl
Polish:
krawczyk (zwyczajny)
Portuguese:
Costureiro-rabilongo
Portuguese (Portugal):
costureiro-rabilongo
Russian:
Красношапочная портниха
Slovak:
krajčírik dlhochvostý
Serbian:
Obična ptica krojač (Darzi)
Swedish:
långstjärtad skräddarfågel
Ukrainian:
Кравчик довгохвостий
Chinese:
长尾缝叶莺
Chinese (Traditional):
長尾縫葉鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Couturière à longue queue ( Orthotomus sutorius) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Long-tailed Tailor Bird ( Orthotomus sutorius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Long-tailed Tailor Bird ( Orthotomus sutorius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Orthotomus sutorius [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Orthotomus sutorius [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Orthotomus sutorius [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Orthotomus sutorius [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Bengali: পাতি টুনটুনি
Catalan: ocell sastre cuallarg
Czech: Krejcirík obecný, krejčiřík obecný
Danish: Indisk skrædderfugl
German: Rotstirn-Schneidervogel
English: Common Tailorbird, Long-tailed Tailor Bird, Long-tailed Tailorbird, Tailor Bird, Tailorbird
English, HBW: Common Tailorbird
English (IOC): Common Tailorbird
English (United States): Common Tailorbird
Esperanto: Komuna tajlorbirdo
Spanish: Sastrecillo Común
Spanish (Spain): Sastrecillo Común
Spanish (HBW): Common Tailorbird
Finnish: Pitkäpyrstöräätäli
French: Couturière à longue queue, Fauvette couturière, Fauvette-couturière à longue queue
Hindi: Thaiyal chittu
Croatian: dugorepa šivalica
Hungarian: varrómadár
Indonesian: Burung Cinenen Pisang, Cinenen biasa, Cinenen Pisang
Icelandic: Saumafugl
Italian: Uccello sarto codalunga, Uccello sarto comune
Japanese (romaji): o-naga saihō-chō, onagasaihouchou
Japanese: オナガサイホウチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 尾長裁縫鳥
Scientific: Motacilla sutoria, Orthotomus sutorius, Orthotomus sutorius sutorius
Lithuanian: Paprastoji nendrinukė siuvėja
Malayalam: തുന്നാരൻ, തുന്നാരന്‍
Mongolian: урт сүүлт уран ногоолдой
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Урт сүүлт уран ногоолдой
Mongolian (Transliteration): urt süült uran nogooldoi
Marathi: शिंपी
Malay: Burung Perenjak Pisang, Perenjak Pisang
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): урт сүүлт уран ногоолдой
Nepali: पातसिउने फिस्टो
Dutch: Langstaartsnijdervogel, Langstaart-snijdervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Langhaleskreddarfugl
Norwegian: Langhaleskredderfugl
Polish: krawczyk, krawczyk (zwyczajny), Krawczyk cejloński, Krawczyk zwyczajny
Pinyin: cáiféng niǎo, cháng-wěi féng-yè-yīng
Portuguese: Costureiro-rabilongo
Portuguese (Portugal): costureiro-rabilongo
Russian: Краснолобая портниха, Красношапочная портниха, Славка-портниха
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Battichcha
Slovak: Krajčírik dlhochvostý
Serbian: Obična ptica krojač (Darzi)
Swedish: långstjärtad skräddarfågel, Skräddarfågel
Tamil: சாதாரண தையல்காரக் குருவி
Thai: นกกระจิบธรรมดา, นกกระจิบสวน, นกกระจิบหางยาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-cìp hăaŋ-yaaw, nók krà-cìp sŭan, nók krà-cìp tʰam-ma-daa
Turkish: Terzikuşu
Tatar: тегүче әрәмә чыпчыгы
Ukrainian: Кравчик довгохвостий
Vietnamese: Chích bông đuôi dài, Chim Chích bông đuôi dài
Chinese: 火尾縫葉鶯, 裁缝鸟, 长尾缝叶莺
Chinese (Traditional): 裁縫鳥, 長尾縫葉鶯

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