Species of Thailand
White-browed fantail
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.
The white-browed fantail breeds across tropical regions of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The species ranges from India east to Vietnam, also being seen in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. This Old World flycatcher species is found in forest and other woodland. Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree.
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.
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)
White-browed fantail
White-browed fantail
White-browed fantail
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White-browed fantail (nest with egg)
White-browed fantail
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- Khao Yai National Park
- Mae Ping National Park
- Thap Lan National Park
Range map of Rhipidura aureola in Thailand
Important note; our range maps are based on limited data we have collected. The data is not necessarily accurate or complete.
Special thanks to Ton Smits, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Ian Dugdale and many others for their contribution for range data.
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