Editing Common tailorbird (section)

==In culture==
[[File:BirdsAsiaJohnGoIVGoul 0036.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Gould]]'s engraving for ''Birds of Asia'']]

"[[Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]]", one of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''Jungle Book'' stories, includes a tailorbird couple, ''Darzee'' (which means "tailor" in Urdu) and his wife, as two of the key characters.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/birdsofcalcutta00finnrich#page/34/mode/2up |pages=34–38 |title=Birds of Calcutta |author=Finn, Frank |year=1904 |publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co}}</ref> Darzee's wife is said to have feigned injury, but this behaviour is unknown in this species.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Injury-Feigning in Nesting Birds|author=Swarth, Harry S. |journal=The Auk |volume=52|issue=3|year=1935|pages=352–354|doi=10.2307/4077800|jstor=4077800 }}</ref> A classic book of children's folk tales in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] by [[Upendrakishore Ray]] is titled "Tuntunir Boi", after the local name for the species, ''tuntuni''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Garden and aviary birds of India|edition=2nd|author=Finn, Frank| year=1915|publisher=Thacker, Spink & co.|url=https://archive.org/stream/birdgardenaviary00finnrich#page/34/mode/2up|page=35}}</ref>