White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
About the White-browed Fantail
The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae. 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 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. 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.
A real field recording of the White-browed Fantail. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cambodia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand · xeno-canto lists 60 recordings for this species in total.
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