Yellow-bellied Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)
About the Yellow-bellied Fantail
The yellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus), also known as the yellow-bellied fairy-fantail, is found in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and portions of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. It is an altitudinal migrant. It is about 8 cm (3.1 in) in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white. It used to be placed in the family of the fantails (Rhipiduridae), but DNA analysis has shown it to be a close relative of the fairy flycatcher and it has therefore been transferred to the Stenostiridae, in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx. It often gathers in mixed-species flocks, especially during winter, with leaf-warblers, tits, and black-faced warblers. Image at ADW
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Listed as recorded in China, India, Nepal, Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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