White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis (Vieillot, 1818)

19 cmLength13 gWeight

It often spreads its dark, fan-shaped tail as it moves through the understory.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Malaysia, China

Looks like White-browed Fantail

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Dark, fan-shaped tail edged with white
White supercilium and white throat
Most subspecies mainly slate-gray with a black mask
Body length about 19 cm

Similar species

White-browed Fantail

The two can be confused where their ranges overlap. White-browed Fantail has pale underparts and two rows of prominent spots on the wings.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Malaysia, China

White-throated Fantail has been recorded at 480 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 13 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia4,201 records
Kinabalu Park – HQ areaMalaysia1,933 records
Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia1,686 records

More places

Bukit FraserMalaysia1,570 records
SattalIndia1,272 records
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & LakeIndia1,224 records
Kinabalu Park – Power Station RoadMalaysia670 records
Curzon Road, Dalanwala, DehradunIndia466 records
Bukit Fraser – Telekom LoopMalaysia442 records
Doi Inthanon NPThailand430 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Malaysia China Thailand Vietnam Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. The white-spotted fantail (R. albogularis) until recently was considered a subspecies.

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Questions

How big is the White-throated Fantail?

The White-throated Fantail is about 19 cm long and weighs around 13 g.

Where does the White-throated Fantail live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Himalayas from northern Pakistan to central China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo. It is most often recorded in India, Malaysia and China.