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ForestCup nestTiny · 6 g
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It is about 8 cm (3.1 in) in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.
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When to see the Yellow-bellied Fantail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-bellied Fantail
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-bellied Fantail
The yellow-bellied fantail, also known as the yellow-bellied fairy-fantail, is found in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and portions of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. It is an altitudinal migrant.
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Easily confused with
Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scitaThe fairy flycatcher is 11–12 cm in length.
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicaudaThe African blue flycatcher is a dainty, pale, bright blue flycatcher with a short crest and long tail.
White-tailed Blue FlycatcherElminia albicaudaThe white-tailed blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae.
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