COMMON TAILORBIRD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 907)             COMMON TAILORBIRD               Orthotomus sutorius

CAMBODIA                 28       

 Songbird found across tropical Asia.  Insectivorous. Tailorbirds are found singly or in pairs, usually low in the undergrowth or trees, sometimes hopping on the ground. They forage for insects and have been known to feed on a range of beetles and bugs. They are attracted to insects at flowers and are known to favour the inflorescences of mango. They also visit flowers such as those of Bombax, Salmalia for nectar and are sometimes covered in pollen, giving them a golden-headed appearance

COMMON TAILORBIRD

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   907)                COMMON TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus sutorius

MALAYSIA                  27

Widespread through cultivation, gardens, plantations, scrub, roadsides and riverbanks. 12 cm. Throughout Peninsula Malaysia.

COMMON TAILORBIRD

March 2017

(*   907)             COMMON TAILORBIRD               Orthotomus sutorius

SRI LANKA              165

Found in forest, wooded areas, and trees in villages and town gardens. 13 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.

COMMON TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2017

(*  907)                 COMMON TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus sutorius

NEPAL                107

Found in bushes in gardens, cultivation edges and forest edges. 13 cm. Widespread resident.

COMMON TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

907                  COMMON TAILORBIRD              Orthotomus sutorius 

SINGAPORE               (52)

Very common resident of forest edges, old plantation, scrub, parkland and urban areas. 12 cm. Distribution: Indian sub-continent, S China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Java.