Yellow-bellied fantail
The yellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus), also known as the yellow-bellied fairy-fantail, is found in the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and portions of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar.[2] It is about 8 cm in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Stenostiridae |
| Genus: | Chelidorhynx Blyth, 1843 |
| Species: | C. hypoxanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus Blyth, 1843 | |
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Chelidorhynx hypoxantha | |
It used to be placed in the family of the fantails (Rhipiduridae), but DNA analysis has shown it to be a close relative of the fairy flycatcher and it has therefore been transferred to the Stenostiridae (IOC World Bird List), in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx.[3]
Yellow-bellied fantail at Zuluk, Sikkim
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22706775A94089360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706775A94089360.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- "Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive". Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- Fuchs, J. R. M.; Pasquet, E.; Couloux, A.; Fjeldså, J.; Bowie, R. C. K. (2009). "A new Indo-Malayan member of the Stenostiridae (Aves: Passeriformes) revealed by multilocus sequence data: Biogeographical implications for a morphologically diverse clade of flycatchers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (2): 384–93. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.015. PMID 19576994.
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