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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