Species of Thailand
Yellow-bellied fairy-fantail
Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Edward Blyth, 1843
In Thai: นกอีแพรดท้องเหลือง
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. 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.
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 (), in the revalidated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx.
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Stenostiridae
- Genus
- Chelidorhynx
- Species
- Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Common names
- Thai: นกอีแพรดท้องเหลือง
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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