White-browed fantail
White-browed fantail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhipiduridae |
Genus: | Rhipidura |
Species: | R. aureola
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Binomial name | |
Rhipidura aureola Lesson , 1831 |
The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae.
Description
The adult white-browed fantail is about 18 cm long. It has dark brown upperparts, with white spots on the wings, and whitish underparts. The fan-shaped tail is edged in white, and the long white supercilia meet on the forehead. The throat and eyemask are blackish and border whitish moustachial stripes.
Distribution and habitat
The white-browed fantail breeds across tropical regions of the
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
. The species ranges from eastern Pakistan to southern Indochina. It is found in forest and other woodland.
Behaviour and ecology
Three
insectivorous
, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.
Gallery
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at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
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at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
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inThar desert, India.
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In Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6