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WHITE BROWED FANTAIL FLYCATCHER

Rhipidura aureola

Photo by Dhilip
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Description:

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 Indiaeast 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. Sri Lanka race totally different to the other species of this race what was mentioned above.

Habitat:

The white-browed fantail is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowths of forests home gardens and farm lands.

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PublishedDecember 1, 2016

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