Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
White-spotted Fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) - HBW 11, p. 237
French: Rhipidure moucheté
German: Fleckenbrust-Fächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Pechipinto
Other common names: Spot-breasted Fantail
Taxonomy: Musicapa (Muscylva) albogularis Lesson, 1831, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Often considered conspecific with R. albicollis, on basis of intergradation in NE India, but this is demonstrated by only a handful of hybrid specimens and the two occupy different habitats. Relationships with other members of the genus unclear; it has been suggested that R. euryura and R. perlata may be close relatives, but there is little evidence to support such affinities. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albogularis (Lesson, 1831) - peninsular India (S from S Rajasthan and WC Madhya Pradesh).
- vernayi (Whistler, 1931) - E India (S Orissa, NE Andhra Pradesh).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground. Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp albogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3.6 -
A bird preening itself Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp albogularis)
vasanthan.p.j 7 December 2011 1 year ago 45 sec 3.4
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A bird perching
Locality Tamil Nadu, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 14 February 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Mount Abu hills- it is a common species
Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 9 August 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird with fanned out tail when foraging
Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 27 July 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
A bird perched on a twig.
Locality Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 10 May 2009 4 years ago 3
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Recorded at Anand - Gujarat -India when bird came for drinking water Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 17 May 2010 2 years ago 3
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