White-browed fantail
In Thai: นกอีแพรดคิ้วขาว, nok e-phaed khiw khaaw
Binomial name: Rhipidura aureola, Rene Primevere Lesson, 1830
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 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.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Genus
- Rhipidura
- Species
- Rhipidura aureola
Common names
- Thai: นกอีแพรดคิ้วขาว, nok e-phaed khiw khaaw
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Range Map

- Khao Yai National Park
- Mae Ping National Park
- Thap Lan National Park