About the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
The rufous-tailed tailorbird is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
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What the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Olive-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus sepiumIt is small, with a rust-colored head.
Grey-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusThe gray-backed tailorbird is a species of bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.
Visayan TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsIt was formerly conspecific with trilling tailorbird.
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