Editing Common tailorbird (section)

==Taxonomy and systematics==
The scientific name ''sutorius'' means "cobbler" rather than "tailor" while ''Orthotomus'' means "straight-cutting".<ref>{{cite book|year=1909|pages=62–67|title=Birds of the plains|author=Dewar, Douglas|publisher=John Lane|url=https://archive.org/stream/birdsofplainsdew00dewarich#page/62/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name=wood/>

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]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea |author1=Alström, Per |author2=Ericson, PG |author3=Urban Olsson |author4=Per Sundberg |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=38 |year=2006 |pages=381–397 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015 |url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e1d3ca810c24ddc70380001143/Alstr%C3%B6m+et+al+Sylvioidea+MPEV+2006.pdf|pmid=16054402|issue=2|bibcode=2006MolPE..38..381A }}</ref>

A number of subspecies are recognized within its widespread range in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

* ''O.s. sutorius'': Lowlands of Sri Lanka
* ''O.s. fernandonis'': Highlands of Sri Lanka
* ''O.s. guzuratus'': Indian peninsula, West to Pakistan
* ''O.s. patia'': 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).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ripley|first=S. Dillon|author2=Beehler, Bruce M.|author3=Raju, KSR Krishna|year=1988|title=Birds of the Visakhapatnam Ghats, Andhra Pradesh-2|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48804604|journal=J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.|volume=85|issue=1|pages=90–107}}</ref>
* ''O.s. luteus'': Hills of Northeast India
* ''O.s. inexpectatus'' and ''O.s. maculicollis'': Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam
* ''O. s. inexpectatus'' and ''O. s. maculicollis:'' South east China, including the island of Hainan
* ''O. s. longicauda'': Tonkin in Vietnam
* ''O. s. edela'': Java