Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Orthotomus

Ashy Tailorbird

Orthotomus ruficeps

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Orthotomus ruficeps baeus

Nias and Pagai islands (off western Sumatra)
Orthotomus ruficeps baweanus

Bawean Island (Java Sea)
Orthotomus ruficeps borneoensis

Borneo
Orthotomus ruficeps cagayanensis

Mapun (southern Philippines)
Orthotomus ruficeps cineraceus

Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands (east of Sumatra)
Orthotomus ruficeps concinnus

Siberut and Sipura islands (off western Sumatra)
Orthotomus ruficeps germaini

southern Vietnam and southeastern Cambodia
Orthotomus ruficeps palliolatus

Kangean and Karimunjawa islands (Java Sea)
Orthotomus ruficeps ruficeps

coastal mangroves of Java

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.