What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Common Tailorbird been recorded?

Orthotomus sutorius occurrence evidence comes from 1,477 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Common Tailorbird
Common Tailorbird — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesCisticolidaeOrthotomus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,477 records across 16 countries and territories, 1875–2026.

Orthotomus sutorius · GBIF taxon key 2493028

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18752026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Common Tailorbird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Common Tailorbird. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
India 1,227
Laos 44
Thailand 42
Sri Lanka 24
China 22
Vietnam 22
Nepal 20
Bangladesh 18
Singapore 18
Hong Kong 13
Malaysia 13
Myanmar 9
MO 2
Bhutan 1
Indonesia 1
Pakistan 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.