Rhipidura aureola
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae. The adult white-browed fantail is about 18 cm long. It has dark brown upperparts, with white spots on the wings, and whitish underparts. The fan-shaped tail is edged in white, and the long white supercilia meet on the forehead. The throat and eyemask are blackish and border whitish moustachial stripes.
The white-browed fantail breeds across tropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The species ranges from eastern Pakistan to southern Indochina. It is found in forest and other woodland. Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. The white-browed fantail is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 13 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 14 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Fantail sighting in Mudumalai National Park on a given day, based on 207 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th most-seen of the 233 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Fantail in Mudumalai National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April–June and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Mudumalai National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in July.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Fantail sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
8th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate White-browed Fantail sightings, Mudumalai National Park ranks 8th at about 20%. The best odds are in Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%), Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 60%) and Ranthambore National Park (India, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Fantail is recorded against all the birds logged in Mudumalai National Park (207 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
