Which Bird Is Called Tailor Bird?

The common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) 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.

How did tailor birds get its name?

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's web to make a cradle in which the actual grass nest is built.

What do you mean by tailor bird?

tailorbird in American English

(ˈteilərˌbɜːrd) noun. any of several small Asian passerine birds, esp. of the genus Orthotomus, that stitch leaves together to form and conceal their nests.