Golden-Headed Cisticola

The golden-headed cisticola grows to 9–11.5cm and is usually brown and cream, but in the breeding season the male shows a gold body and golden-orange head, a dull chin and a much shorter tail. Females and non-breeding males are cream below and brown above. Its appearance is similar to the black-backed cisticola's, but the breeding male has a shorter tail (Wikipedia, general species account).

It has a very large range, covering Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. It is an omnivore and is known as the 'finest tailor of all birds', building nests from plants and spider threads. Three or four eggs are laid and incubated by the female for about 11 days (Wikipedia, general species account).