White-throated Fantail

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Rhipiduridae (Fantails)

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

白喉扇尾鹟 (bái-hóu shàn-wěi-wēng)

    Malay : Murai-Gila Gunung Biasa

    Japanese : ノドジロオウギビタキ (nodo-jiro ōgi-bitaki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 喉白扇鶲

    Size : 17.5–20.5 cm; 9–13 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Rhipidura albicollis canescens (Koelz, 1939)
  – foothills of Himalayas from NE Pakistan and Kashmir E to W Nepal.
• Rhipidura albicollis albicollis (Vieillot, 1818)
  – C Himalayas (Nepal and Sikkim), and from plains of Bangladesh S to E India (lower West Bengal); non-breeding in lowlands.
• Rhipidura albicollis orissae (Ripley, 1955)
  – EC India (E Madhya Pradesh, S Bihar, Odisha).
• Rhipidura albicollis stanleyi (E. C. S. Baker, 1916)
  – E Himalayas (E from Sikkim) E to NW & W Myanmar, S to E Bangladesh.
• Rhipidura albicollis celsa (Riley, 1929)
  – Myanmar (except NW & W), S China (SE Xizang and S Sichuan S to Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan), Thailand (except S) and N Indochina.
• Rhipidura albicollis cinerascens (Delacour, 1927)
  – S Indochina (except Cochinchina).
• Rhipidura albicollis atrata (Salvadori, 1879)
  – S peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
• Rhipidura albicollis kinabalu (Chasen, 1941)
  – mountains of N Borneo.
• Rhipidura albicollis sarawacensis (Chasen, 1941)
  – W Borneo (Poi Range).

    Recently found (unknown race) in SE Borneo (Meratus Mts).

Rhipidura albicollis ssp. atrata
Date : 05 January 2020

Location : Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Rhipidura albicollis ssp. kinabalu
Date : 18 February 2019

Location : Crocker Range National Park (Gunung Alab Substation), Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Rhipidura albicollis ssp. atrata
Date : 12 May 2018

Location : Seri Berkat Rest House, Fraser's Hill, Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor

Rhipidura albicollis ssp. atrata
Date : 12 May 2018

Location : Seri Berkat Rest House, Fraser's Hill, Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor

Rhipidura albicollis ssp. kinabalu
Date : 13 February 2016

Location : Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah