Common tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius

Posted by
dotcompals (Palakkad, India) on 17 July 2021 in Animal & Insect.

The common tailorbird 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.

Canon EOS 1300D 1/250 second F/5.6 ISO 3200 171 mm

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Comments (5)

Michael Skorulski from Toronto, Canada

Excellent image.

17 Jul 2021 5:55am

@Michael Skorulski: Thank you Michael

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

love it, bravo

17 Jul 2021 6:20am

@Dimitrios: Thank you Dimitrious

Daniel from Kenmare, United States

gorgeous bird

17 Jul 2021 3:05pm

omid from mashhad, Iran

Lovely bird & colors !!!!!!!!!!!!

17 Jul 2021 6:32pm

Annie from New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada

May I use you image as a reference to do Pencil draw a picture for my daughter-in law? She just move to Canada from Thailand and I hope having a picture of the bird she grew up listening to and watching in her garden will warm her heart.

9 Mar 2025 2:52pm

next day →

Canon EOS 1300D
1/250 second
F/5.6
ISO 3200
171 mm