Rhipidura albogularis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The white-spotted fantail or spot-breasted fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation in southern and central India. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-throated fantail.
The white-spotted fantail was formally described in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson under the binomial name Muscicapa (Muscylva) albogularis. It is now one of over 60 fantails placed in the genus Rhipidura that was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield.
Two subspecies are recognised: It has a dark fan-shaped tail, edged in white, and white supercilium and throat. Birds are mainly slate grey above, with a black eye mask, and a white throat and eyebrow. It has whitish underparts, and a grey breast band that is spotted white.
The white-spotted fantail lays three eggs in a small cup nest in a tree. The white-spotted fantail is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nashik | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Jabalpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Indore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Nagpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Fantail sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 145 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 194 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Fantail in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Hyderabad's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in August.
15th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Spot-breasted Fantail sightings, Hyderabad ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kalyan-Dombivli (India, about 60%), Mumbai (India, about 50%) and Nashik (India, about 40%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Spot-breasted Fantail that you can see in Hyderabad (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Purple Sunbird (about 80%), Common Tailorbird (about 60%) and Ashy Prinia (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-breasted Fantail is recorded against all the birds logged in Hyderabad (145 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
