White-browed fantail
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = White-browed fantail
| image = Rhipidura aureola 1.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Rhipidura
| species = aureola
| authority = Lesson, 1831
}}
The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae.
Description
The adult white-browed fantail is about 18 cm long. It has dark brown upperparts, with white spots on the wings, and whitish underparts. The fan-shaped tail is edged in white, and the long white supercilia meet on the forehead. The throat and eyemask are blackish and border whitish moustachial stripes.
Distribution and habitat
The white-browed fantail breeds across tropical regions of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The species ranges from eastern Pakistan to southern Indochina. It is found in forest and other woodland.
Behaviour and ecology
Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. The white-browed fantail is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.
Gallery
File:White-browed Fantail nest with an egg - In Bakamuna, Sri Lanka.jpg|left|White-browed Fantail nest with an egg on mango tree branch - In Bakamuna, Sri Lanka.
File:White browed fantail from Matale, Sri Lanka.jpg|White-browed Fantail from Matale, Sri Lanka.
Image:White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola) at Sindhrot near Vadodara, Gujrata Pix 223.jpg| At Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
Image:White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola) at Sindhrot near Vadodara, Gujrat Pix 225.jpg| At Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
Image:White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola) at Sindhrot near Vadodara, Gujrat Pix 141.jpg| At Sindhrot in Vadodara District of Gujarat, India.
Image:AB014 Whitebrowed Fantail Flycatcher.jpg|In Thar Desert, India.
File:White-browed Fantail.jpg|In Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal.
References
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- Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, {{ISBN|0-691-04910-6}}
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