Animalia Life
Orthotomus sutorius
SUBFAMILY
Sylviinae
TAXONOMY
Orthotomus sutoria Pennant, 1769.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Long-tailed tailorbird; French: Couteriиre а longe
queue; German: Rotstirn-Schneidervogel.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
5.1 in (13 cm); 0.2–0.4 oz (6–10 g). Small bird with long, thin,
decurved bill. Back olive-green, underparts creamy, nape gray,
crown rufous, whitish eyeline. Short, spiky tail often held erect.
DISTRIBUTION
Resident throughout India and Southeast Asia to Java and Indonesia.
HABITAT
Deciduous forest, scrubby clearings, gardens, scrubland, and
mangroves.
BEHAVIOR
Solitary or in pairs. Skulking but restless and active. Flicks tail
side to side often. Song a loud, two-syllable phrase repeated in
series of three to four calls.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Insects and insect larvae, flower nectar. Forages on ground, in
low vegetation and in trees.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest is lined with spider silk, soft plant fibers, etc.; sewn by female
from the leaves of a broad-leaved plant, usually well hidden.
Incubation of 3–5 eggs for 12 days and feeding nestlings
done by both parents.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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