Rufous-tailed Tailorbird

What the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird sounds like

Recorded by Hamas Fathani · Duet, song · Sangkima, East Kalimantan, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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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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.