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The common tailorbird (''Orthotomus sutorius'') is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling 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. Like most warblers, the common tailorbird is insectivorous. The song is a loud ''cheeup-cheeup-cheeup'' with variations across the populations. The disyllabic calls are repeated often.〔 ==Taxonomy and systematics== The scientific name ''sutorius'' means "cobbler" rather than "tailor" while ''Orthotomus'' means "straight-cutting".〔 The species was earlier placed in the family Sylviidae but more recent molecular studies place the species within the family Cisticolidae, along with ''Prinia'' and ''Cisticola''. A number of subspecies are recognized within its widespread range in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The nominate race is from the lowlands of Sri Lanka. Race ''O. s. fernandonis'' is found in the highlands of Sri Lanka. Neighbouring India has ''O.s. guzuratus'' in the peninsula and west to Pakistan while towards the north ''O. s. patia'' is found in the Terai of Nepal along the Himalayan foothills until Myanmar. A small population of ''O. s. patia'' is also found in the northern Eastern Ghats (Wangasara). The hills of northeastern India have ''O. s. luteus''. In Southeast Asia ''O. s. inexpectatus'' and ''O. s. maculicollis'' are found in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam. South east China, including the island of Hainan, and Tonkin in Vietnam have ''O. s. longicauda'' while ''O. s. edela'' is found on Java. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common tailorbird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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