Yellow-bellied_fantail

Yellow-bellied fantail

Yellow-bellied fantail

Species of bird

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 about 8 cm in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific 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), in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx.[3]

Yellow-bellied fantail at Zuluk, Sikkim

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22706775A94089360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706775A94089360.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive". doi:10.2173/bow.yebfan1.01. S2CID 216411078. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    Fuchs, J. R. M.; Pasquet, E.; Couloux, A.; Fjeldså, J.; Bowie, R. C. K. (2009). "A new Indo-Malayan member of the Stenostiridae (Aves: Passeriformes) revealed by multilocus sequence data: Biogeographical implications for a morphologically diverse clade of flycatchers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (2): 384–93. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.015. PMID 19576994.
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