Fantails (Rhipiduridae)

White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) - HBW 11, p. 237

French: Rhipidure à gorge blanche German: Weißkehl-Fächerschwanz Spanish: Abanico Gorgiblanco
Other common names: White-throated Fantail-flycatcher

Taxonomy: Platyrhynchos albicollis Vieillot, 1818, Bengal, India.
Often considered conspecific with R. albogularis, 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. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

canescens ( Koelz, 1939) - foothills of Himalayas from NE Pakistan and Kashmir E to W Nepal.
albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) - C Himalayas (Nepal and Sikkim), and from plains of Bangladesh S to E India (lower West Bengal); non-breeding in lowlands.
orissae Ripley, 1955 - EC India (E Madhya Pradesh, S Bihar, Orissa).

See all 9 subspecies

canescens ( Koelz, 1939) - foothills of Himalayas from NE Pakistan and Kashmir E to W Nepal.
albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) - C Himalayas (Nepal and Sikkim), and from plains of Bangladesh S to E India (lower West Bengal); non-breeding in lowlands.
orissae Ripley, 1955 - EC India (E Madhya Pradesh, S Bihar, Orissa).
stanleyi Stuart Baker, 1916 - E Himalayas (E from Sikkim) E to NW & W Myanmar, S to E Bangladesh.
celsa Riley, 1929 - SE Tibet, Myanmar (except NW & W), S China (SE Xizang and S Sichuan S to Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan), Thailand (except S) and N Indochina.
cinerascens Delacour, 1927 - S Indochina (except Cochinchina).
atrata Salvadori, 1879 - S peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
kinabalu Chasen, 1941 - mountains of N Borneo.
sarawacensis Chasen, 1941 - W Borneo (Poi Range).