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This bird feeding on insects and spiders on the shrubs.

Common Tailorbird. “ 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.” Wiki Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted...

Common Tailorbird (Male) Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.

goa 2013

Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.

The dark neck patch is visible only when the bird is calling. He had me confused for a while- there is a Dark-necked Tailorbird in the North-east and there has been sporadic sightings reported in other areas according to Grimmett and Inskipp.

I dont know if you know this : this scientific name translates in to Straight-cutting Cobbler ! (Wiki)

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Common Tailorbird from just outside my window in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A common tailorbird. It has such a lovely call.

these cute little warblers are usually flitting round behind the leaves; this one was kind enough to show itself

Bit of a photographic nemesis for me good to get this fast mover in the bag in decent light and importantly in the open!

I took this shot while walking along the boardwalk at Chiang Khan, in Loei province, Thailand, on the banks on the mighty Mekong River. I love the expression of this bird!

Spring-Summer - 90 ... Common Tailorbird male in complete summer-attire and setting ... in our backyard ... They regularly nest in one of the creepers in our house garden ... that is adjacent to a public park ... ... at our weekend home ... the premises remain locked for four days a week...

Found this tailor bird hopping in a bush in a residential area. An unexpected find for me. Considering the lack of a long tail feather and the month, I think it might be a female.

Very active subjects that proved difficult to catch at rest in good light.

Common Tailorbird

Although a local, more often heard than seen.

Again first time lucky, saw this wee beauty for the first time & got him on camera too. Tailorbirds get their name from the way their nest is constructed. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk to make a cradle in which the actual nest is...

In my garden Surin Thailand.

Collecting nesting material.