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Subspecies R. a. canescens
Photo by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 4 April 2017
Rhipidura albicollis

Identification

This species is about 17·5–20·5 cm (6¾-8 in) long.
It is identifiable by its long, fan-shaped tail which is edged in white, and its white supercilium and throat.
There is much plumage variation between subspecies.

Distribution

Subspecies R. a. atrata
Photo by kctsang
Frasers' Hill, West Malaysia 17 July 2006

This species is found across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia east to Borneo and Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 9 subspecies[1]:

  • R. a. canescens: Western Himalayas (Pakistan and Kashmir to western Nepal)
  • R. a. albicollis: Himalayas (western Nepal and Sikkim)
  • R. a. orissae: North-eastern India: Chota Nagpur plateau and north-eastern Ghats
  • R. a. stanleyi: Eastern Himalayas to Assam and Myanmar
  • R. a. celsa: South-eastern Tibet to southern China, Hainan, western Thailand and northern Indochina
  • R. a. atrata: Southern Thailand to Malaya and Sumatra
  • R. a. sarawacensis: Northern Borneo (Poi Mountains)
  • R. a. kinabalu: Mountains of northern Borneo (Kinabalu to Murud and Mulu)
  • R. a. cinerascens: Southern Indochina


Habitat

A wide variety of forests, including broadleafed woodlands, scrub and cultivation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet is insectivorous. They hunt in the undergrowth and in the lower and middle stories. Occasionally going into the canopy.

Breeding

Females lay three eggs in a cup nest in a tree.

Vocalisation

Recording by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, April-2017
One individual called followed by a return call.

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Referenes

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)

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