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

CAMBODIAN TAILORBIRD

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

1324                  CAMBODIAN TAILORBIRD                Orthotomus chaktomuk

CAMBODIA                 24

Endemic to Cambodia, likely confined to a single dense shrub habitat in the floodplain of the Mekong river. It was first discovered and recorded by scientists in 2009 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, during avian influenza checks. In 2013, it was determined to be a unique species and formally described. It is a very small bird, about 10 cm long, with an orange-red tuft on its head.

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.

DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD

Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017

(*   891)               DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD                 Orthotomus atrogularis

MALAYSIA                17

Found in forest canopies from extreme lowlands to montane forest at 1,100 m and especially understory along logging tracks and forest edges, riverbanks, and dense tangled secondary growth. 12 cm. India and southernmost China through southeast Asia to Singapore, Sumatra, the Anabas and Borneo.

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.

ASHY TAILORBIRD

Subspecies cineraceus photographed in Singapore (Japanese Gardens) November 2016

924                  ASHY TAILORBIRD              Orthotomus ruficeps

SINGAPORE  (Japanese Gardens)             (77)

Found in mangroves, but also coastal scrub and parkland, especially near water. 12 cm. Distribution: S Myanmar, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, islands off Palawan.

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.

DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(891)              DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD                    Orthotomus atrogularis  

BALI          (28)        

Found in primary and secondary forest, forest edges, old plantations and scrub. 11 cm. Distribution: India, mainland Southeast AsiaThai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo.

GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLA

65            GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLA         Cisticola exilis

Australia      (65)

Also known as Barleybird, Cornbird, Golden-headed Fantail Warbler, Tailorbird. Found in tall grass, overgrown margins of irrigation trenches, scrub, sewerage farms, salt marsh, roadside grasses. Found around coast of mainland from Adelaide, up east coast, across the north down to mid-WA, and for some distance inland. 9-11.5 cm.