Mountain Tailor Bird

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Mountain Tailor Bird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

English: Mountain Tailor Bird, Mountain Tailorbird Finnish: Punaotsaräätäli French: Couturière montagnarde Indonesian: Cinenen gunung Italian: Uccello sarto di montagna Japanese: kibarasaihouchou Japanese: キバラサイホウチョウ Latin: Orthotomus cuculatus, Orthotomus cucullatus Dutch: Bergsnijdervogel, Berg-snijdervogel Norwegian: Gulbukskredderfugl Polish: krawczyk dlugodzioby, krawczyk długodzioby Thai: นกกระจิบภูเขา Chinese: 栗頭縫葉鶯, 金头缝叶莺 Avibase has been visited 75403554 times since 24 June 2003. More

A Mountain Tailor Bird (Orthotomus cuculatus) was seen by Kwok Hon Kai at Tai Po Kau on 14 May 2005. An unusual hunting behaviour for a Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach) was reported by Billy Hau. More

Picture of Orthotomus cuculatus above has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike.
Original source: Lip Kee Yap
Author: Lip Kee Yap
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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Genus : Orthotomus
Species : cuculatus
Authority : Temminck, 1836