Rhipidura albicollis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia. The white-spotted fantail (R. albogularis) until recently was considered a subspecies.
The adult white-throated fantail is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. It has a dark fan-shaped tail, edged in white, and white supercilium and throat. There is otherwise much variation in plumage between races. Most resemble the Himalayan R. a. canescans, which is primarily slate grey above and below, featuring a black eye mask, and a white throat and eyebrow.
Local names for the bird in India include Nasoni sorai (Assamese). The white-throated fantail lays three eggs in a small cup nest in a tree. It is insectivorous, and often fans its tail as it moves through the undergrowth.
The eggs are approximately 2 cm (0.79 in) in length. They are white in colour, with a band of brown spots around the middle, closer towards the base of the egg. Birds use the same song year after year, with progressively small changes, with the result that the song sounds very different... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 13 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 15 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Hajipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Berhampore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kunming | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Islamabad | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 10 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Fantail sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 152 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Fantail in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–July, October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Fantail sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
9th of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate White-throated Fantail sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 60%), Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 40%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-throated Fantail that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Scarlet Minivet (about 60%), Streaked Spiderhunter (about 60%) and Bronzed Drongo (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Fantail is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (152 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.
