# Darzee — The Jungle Book character guide

> Darzee in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0006-rikki-tikki-tavi

## Snapshot

A tailorbird whose nest-building and lookout work for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi make him a small but essential ally in the garden war against the cobras.

## Who they are

Darzee belongs to the garden's bird population, a creature of song and fuss whose domestic life is directly threatened by Nag and Nagaina. When Rikki-Tikki-Tavi arrives, Darzee's willingness to act as a decoy and watchman turns his ordinary bird anxieties into useful courage. His role shows how even the smallest voices in the garden matter when the cobras move.

## Relationships

### [Kala Nag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kala_nag)

_social_

Darzee the tailor bird and Kala Nag are characters from different stories with no direct interaction, linked only by the shared universe.

### [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rikki_tikki_tavi)

_friendship_

Darzee and his wife assist Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by acting as lookouts and messengers in the fight against the cobras.

### [Kala Nag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kala_nag)

_social_

Darzee the tailor bird and Kala Nag are characters from different stories with no direct interaction, linked only by the shared universe.

### [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rikki_tikki_tavi)

_friendship_

Darzee and his wife assist Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by acting as lookouts and messengers in the fight against the cobras.

### [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rikki_tikki_tavi)

_friendship_

Darzee and his wife assist Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by acting as lookouts and messengers in the fight against the cobras.

### [Kala Nag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kala_nag)

_social_

Darzee the tailor bird and Kala Nag are characters from different stories with no direct interaction, linked only by the shared universe.

## In the story

### [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/rikki-tikki-tavi)

The tailorbird who helps Rikki-tikki by distracting Nagaina and providing information, though his singing sometimes annoys the mongoose.

## Links

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