Yellow-bellied fantail | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Stenostiridae |
Genus: |
Chelidorhynx Blyth, 1843 |
Species: | C. hypoxanthus
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Binomial name | |
Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus (
Blyth, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
Chelidorhynx hypoxantha |
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]
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.
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), in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx. [4]
It often gathers in mixed-species flocks, especially during winter, with leaf-warblers, tits, and black-faced warblers. [3]