The white-throated fantail 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, until recently was considered a subspecies.
Description
The adult white-throated fantail is about 19 cm long. It has a dark fan-shaped tail, edged in white and white supercilium and throat. There is otherwise much variation in down between races. Most resemble the Himalayan Regions, which is mainly slate grey above and below, with a black eye mask, and a white throat and eyebrow.
Behaviour
The white-throated fantail lays three eggs in a small cup nest in a tree.The white-throated fantail is insectivorous and often fans its tail as it moves through the brush.Birds use the same song year after year, with progressively small changes, with the result that the song sounds very different after 4–5 years.
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