Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)

Other Names (World)
Sunda Pied Fantail, Pied Fantail, Black-and-white Fantail, Malaysian Fantail, Malaysian Pied Fantail, Malaysian Pied-Fantail

Family
Rhipiduridae (Fantails)

Size
17.50 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sparrman, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical dry and moist shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (117)...)

Malaysian Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) [XC35733]
by Yeo SB from ?, Malaysia (song)

Malaysian Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) [XC31437]
by Mike Nelson from Bali Barat National Park, Bali, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

longicauda Wallace, 1865 - Southern Myanmar east to Cambodia and southern Vietnam, south to Peninsular Malaysia, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra (including Bangka and Belitung) and Borneo (including northern islands and Maratua group).
javanica (Sparrman, 1788) - Java, Bali and Lombok.
nigritorquis Vigors, 1831 - Philippines, including Palawan and Sulu Archipelago. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Philippine Pied Fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) - 10 files

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