See text Tailorbirds are small birds, most belonging to the genus Orthotomus.

While they were often placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, recent research suggests they more likely belong in the Cisticolidae and they are treated as such in Del Hoyo et al.[2] One former species, the mountain tailorbird (and therefore also its sister species rufous-headed tailorbird), is actually closer to an old world warbler genus Cettia.

[3] They occur in the Old World tropics, principally in Asia.

They are typically found in open woodland, scrub and gardens.

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.