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Sunda Pied Fantail

Rhipidura javanica

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestTiny · 13 g
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 1
Photo: Oscar Hopgood · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 2
Photo: Oscar Hopgood · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 3
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 4
Photo: Mickey Wu · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 5
Photo: sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 6
Photo: sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 7
Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 8
Photo: Oscar Hopgood · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 9
Photo: sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica), photo 10
Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Sunda Pied Fantail sounds like

Sonogram of the Sunda Pied Fantail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Hamas Fathani · Alarm call, call · MarKodih, Tarumajaya, Bekasi, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Sunda Pied Fantail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Pichard Olivier · Song · Noen Hom, Mueang Prachinburi District, Prachin Buri, Thailand · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Sunda Pied Fantail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sunda Pied Fantail

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Thailand Malaysia Singapore Cambodia Indonesia Laos Vietnam Brunei Myanmar (Burma)

About the Sunda Pied Fantail

The Sunda pied fantail, also known as the Malaysian pied fantail, is a species of bird in the fantail family. It is locally referred to as murai gila, literally "crazy thrush" in the Malay language. It was previously considered conspecific with the Philippine pied fantail.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Australian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifronsAdults are medium-sized birds, generally ranging from 14.5 cm – 18.5 cm in length, averaging at around 15 cm; their wingspan is between 18 cm – 22.5 cm, averaging at around 21 cm. White-spotted Fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) White-spotted FantailRhipidura albogularisThe adult white-spotted fantail is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollisThe adult white-throated fantail is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long.

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