Editing Common tailorbird (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius).jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = ♀_Common_tailorbird_(Orthotomus_sutorius)_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
<br />[[File:Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) call.wav|centre|thumb|Rapid Calls]]
<br />[[File:Orthotomus Sutorius, 2021-08-30, 18-15-35, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.wav|centre|thumb|Slow Calls]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Orthotomus sutorius'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22714982A94434434 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714982A94434434.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Orthotomus
| species = sutorius
| authority = ([[Thomas Pennant|Pennant]], 1769)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = *''O. s. sutorius'' <small>(Pennant, 1769)</small>
*''O. s. fernandonis'' <small>(Whistler, 1939)</small>
*''O. s. guzuratus'' <small>(Latham, 1790)</small>
*''O. s. patia'' <small>[[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1845</small>
*''O. s. luteus'' <small>[[Sidney Dillon Ripley|Ripley]], 1948</small>
*''O. s. inexpectatus'' <small>La Touche, 1922</small>
*''O. s. maculicollis'' <small>[[Frederic Moore|F. Moore]], 1855</small>
*''O. s. longicauda'' <small>(J. F. Gmelin, 1789)</small>
*''O. s. edela'' <small>Temminck, 1836</small>
}}
[[File:Common Tailorbird India Pune in a cheesebillai tree.jpg|thumb|Male tailorbird]]
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]] as ''Darzee'' 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. Punjab tailor birds produce shiny red eggs, but became extinct around 1975 due to laying their eggs in fields used to grow fodder crops.