White-browed fantail

The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae.

White-browed fantail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. aureola
Binomial name
Rhipidura aureola
Lesson, 1831

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 eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. The white-browed fantail is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.

  • White-browed Fantail nest with an egg on mango tree branch - In Bakamuna, Sri Lanka.jpg
    White-browed Fantail nest with an egg on mango tree branch - In Bakamuna, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
    at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
  • at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
    at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
  • at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
    at Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
  • in Thar desert, India.
    in Thar desert, India.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhipidura aureola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706796A94090600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706796A94090600.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
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