About Rhipidura aureola Lesson, 1831
The adult white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola Lesson, 1831) is approximately 18 centimetres in length. It has dark brown upperparts marked with white spots on the wings, and whitish underparts. Its fan-shaped tail has white edges, and its long white supercilia meet at the forehead. The throat and eyemask are blackish, and border whitish moustachial stripes. This species breeds across tropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with a range extending from eastern Pakistan to southern Indochina. It inhabits forest and other types of woodland. In terms of behaviour and ecology, the white-browed fantail lays three eggs in a small cup nest built in a tree. It is insectivorous, and frequently fans its tail as it moves through undergrowth.
