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White throated fantail
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White throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)

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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON @ 790 [Observe the bird and recognize] A4Watercolour [From the Ref. photograph of Internet] The white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. The white-spotted fantail, (R. albogularis) until recently was considered a subspecies.
The adult white-throated fantail is about 19 cm long. It has a dark fan-shaped tail, edged in white, and white supercilium and throat. There is otherwise much variation in plumage between races. Most resemble the Himalayan R. a. canescans which is mainly slate grey above and below, with a black eye mask, and a white throat and eyebrow .
Local names for the bird in India include Nasoni sorai in Assamese.
The white-throated fantail lays three eggs in a small cup nest in a tree. It is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.
Birds use the same song year after year, with progressively small changes, with the result that the song sounds very different after 45 years. The male's call is a valuable tool in detection and identification of the bird, which can often be confused with the white-browed fantail, R. aureola, where their ranges overlap. R. aureola has light underparts and prominent spots in two rows on the wings. Its call is rather functional, and not as pleasant and aesthetic as that of R. albicollis.
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Rhipidura albicollis
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.... and you've painted him with his tail fanned too Pratim!!!

A wonderful picture - many thanks for showing it to us my friend.
 

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