| Yellow-bellied fantail | |
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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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Theyellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus), also known as theyellow-bellied fairy-fantail, is found in theIndian subcontinent, theHimalayas, and portions ofSoutheast Asia includingThailand,Vietnam, andMyanmar.[2] It is an altitudinal migrant.[3]
It is about 8 cm (3.1 in) in size. It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.
It used to be placed in the family of thefantails (Rhipiduridae), butDNA analysis has shown it to be a close relative of thefairy flycatcher and it has therefore been transferred to theStenostiridae,[4] in the revalidatedmonotypicgenusChelidorhynx.[5]
It often gathers in mixed-species flocks, especially during winter, withleaf-warblers,tits, andblack-faced warblers.[3]
