Tailorbird

The Common Tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius, is an Old World warbler. This tailorbird is a resident breeder in tropical south Asia from Pakistan and India to south China, and Indonesia. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Thomas Pennant (June 14, 1726 - December 16, 1798) was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary. ... Image File history File links a Common Tailorbird Photo Credit: Shiva shankar Location: Karnataka High Resolution version: http://www. ... Image File history File links a Common Tailorbird Photo Credit: Shiva shankar Location: Karnataka High Resolution version: http://www. ... Genus Many: see text The Old World Warblers, family Sylviidae, are a group of more than 280 small insectivorous passerine bird species. ... Species Tailorbirds are small birds belonging to the genus Orthotomus of the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

This passerine bird is 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 spiders web to make a cradle in which the actual grass nest is built. Common Tailorbird builds its nest in a shrub and lays 3-5 eggs. Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... In most birds and reptiles, an apple (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

These 13 cm long warblers are brightly coloured, with bright green upperparts and whitish underparts. The crown of the head is chestnut. It has short rounded wings, a short tail, strong legs and a long decurved bill. The tail is typically held upright, like a wren. Genera Donacobius Campylorhynchus Odontorchilus Salpinctes Catherpes Hylorchilus Cinnycerthia Thryomanes Ferminia Troglodytes Cistothorus Uropsila Thryorchilus Thryothorus Henicorhina Microcerculus Cyphorhinus Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Stamp FR 345 of Postverk Føroya, Faroe Islands Issued: 22 February 1999 Artist: Astrid Andreasen The true wrens are members of a mainly New World passerine bird family...

The sexes are identical, except that the male has long central tail feathers in the breeding season, but young birds are duller. Two feathers Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. ...

There are two endemic races in Sri Lanka which retain the male's long tail feathers all year. This article is a parent page for a series of articles providing information about endemism among birds in the Worlds various zoogeographic zones. ...

Like most warblers, the Common Tailorbird is insectivorous. The song is a loud cheeup-cheeup-cheeup. Any organism with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures is an insectivore. ...

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Orthotomus sutorius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa by Baker, ISBN 0-7136-3971-7
• Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6