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Yellow-bellied fantail
Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The yellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus), 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.[2] It is an altitudinal migrant.[3]
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Description
It is about 8 cm in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.
Classification
It used to be placed in the family of the fantails (Rhipiduridae), but DNA analysis has shown it to be a close relative of the fairy flycatcher and it has therefore been transferred to the Stenostiridae (IOC World Bird List Archived 2013-04-15 at the Wayback Machine), in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx.[4]
Social Behavior
It often gathers in mixed-species flocks, especially during winter, with leaf-warblers, tits, and black-faced warblers.[3]
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