White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) [XC240674]
by Mike Nelson from (Phnom Aoral) \u1783\u17bb\u17c6 \u178f\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17b6\u17c6\u1784\u1787\u17c4, \u179f\u17d2\u179a\u17bb\u1780\u17b1\u179a\u17c9\u17b6\u179b\u17cb, \u1781\u17c1\u178f\u17d2\u178f\u1780\u17c6\u1796\u1784\u17cb\u179f\u17d2\u1796\u17ba, Cambodia (call, song)
White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) [XC31579]
by Allen T. Chartier from Royal Chitwan NP, Temple Tiger Lodge, Nepal (song)
Subspecies
Often considered conspecific with White-spotted Fantail (Rhipidura albogularis), on basis of intergradation in north-eastern India, but this is demonstrated by only a handful of hybrid specimens and the two occupy different habitats. Relationships with other members of the genus unclear. It has been suggested that White-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura euryura) and Spotted Fantail (Rhipidura perlata) may be close relatives, but there is little evidence to support such affinities.
The following 9 subspecies are recognised:
canescens (Koelz, 1939) - Foothills of Himalayas from north-eastern Pakistan and Kashmir east to western Nepal.
albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) - Central Himalayas (Nepal and Sikkim), and from plains of Bangladesh south to eastern India (lower West Bengal). Non-breeding in lowlands.
stanleyi Baker, ECS, 1916 - Eastern Himalayas (eastern from Sikkim) east to north-western and western Myanmar, south to eastern Bangladesh.
celsa Riley, 1929 - South-eastern Tibet, Myanmar (except north-western and west), southern China (south-eastern Xizang and southern Sichuan south to Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan), Thailand (except south) and northern Indochina.