Rhipidura aureola
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In 3 days >90%
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 |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Fantail sighting in Yala National Park on a given day, based on 638 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Fantail in Yala National Park on a given day, against about 60% in September to March, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate White-browed Fantail sightings, Yala National Park ranks 2nd at about 60%. The best odds are in Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-browed Fantail that you can see in Yala National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Indian Robin (about 80%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 60%) and Yellow-billed Babbler (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Fantail is recorded against all the birds logged in Yala National Park (638 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.
