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Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail

Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

Basic stats

Habitat

Altitudinal migrant; joins mixed-species flocks, especially in winter

Range

Indian subcontinent, Himalaya and parts of South-east Asia including Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar

Size

About 8cm

The yellow-bellied fairy-fantail is a tiny bird, about 8cm long, with yellow underparts, a black eye-stripe, a white wing-bar and a broad black tail tipped with white. It was described by Blyth in 1843 and was once placed with the fantails, but DNA links it to the fairy flycatcher, and it is the only species in its genus, Chelidorhynx (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is an altitudinal migrant and often joins mixed-species flocks in winter with leaf warblers, tits and black-faced warblers. The source places it in the Himalaya but does not name Nepal, and gives no habitat, diet or breeding detail (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail live in?
Altitudinal migrant; joins mixed-species flocks, especially in winter
Where is the Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail found?
Indian subcontinent, Himalaya and parts of South-east Asia including Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar
How big is the Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail?
About 8cm
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