Malaysian Pied-Fantail

Rhipidura javanica

Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
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The Sunda pied fantail, also known as the Malaysian pied fantail, is a species of bird in the fantail family. It is locally referred to as murai gila, literally "crazy thrush" in the Malay language. It was previously considered conspecific with the Philippine pied fantail. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 1,789 times across 5 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Asia ranged from 3°N in November to 17°N in September, about 1,600 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Asia10 August 202610 August 202612 October 20261

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.