Rhipidura albogularis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Fantail sighting in Surat on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 114 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Fantail in Surat on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–January, the lowest months. Those are among Surat's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
13th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Spot-breasted Fantail sightings, Surat ranks 13th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kalyan-Dombivli (India, about 60%), Mumbai (India, about 50%) and Nashik (India, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-breasted Fantail is recorded against all the birds logged in Surat (10 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.
