Alternative name: Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail
- Chelidorhynx hypoxantha
Rhipidura hypoxantha
Identification
11.5–12.5 cm. Yellow forehead, brow, and underparts,olive-grey upperparts, black mask, long, white-tipped gray tail. Female's mask is dark olive.
Distribution
Northern India, southeastern Tibet, southwestern China, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, northern Bangladesh, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, and northern Vietnam.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly placed in the genus Rhipidura but recent research showed it to be a Fairy Flycatcher and not a Fantail.
Habitat
Moist evergreen forest and jungle.
Behaviour
The diet includes small flying insects.
It builds a compact deep cup, attached to the upperside of a branch. 3 cream to pinkish-cream eggs with tiny dark reddish speckles, are laid.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Thread in the taxonomy forum discussing this species.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-bellied Fantail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Fantail
