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What the White-browed Fantail sounds like
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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.
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When to see the White-browed Fantail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-browed Fantail
The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Laos.
About the White-browed Fantail
The white-browed fantail is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae.
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Easily confused with
Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventrisThe northern fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquisThe Philippine pied fantail is a medium-size species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae endemic to the Philippines.
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollisThe adult white-throated fantail is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long.
Side by side: White-browed Fantail vs White-throated Fantail
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