Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps)
About the Ashy Tailorbird
The ashy tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps) is a species of songbird from Southeast Asia, formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae. The ashy tailorbird was described by the French ornithologist René Lesson in 1830. It was once treated as being conspecific (the same species) as the olive-backed tailorbird, but the two species are genetically distinct and act as such where their range overlaps in Java. Nine subspecies have been described.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 192 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutoriusrecording
- Olive-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus sepiumrecording
- Philippine TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsrecording
- Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.