Malaysian pied fantail
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Species: | R. javanica
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Rhipidura javanica (Sparrman, 1788)
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The Malaysian pied fantail (Rhipidura javanica) is a species of bird in the fantail family and one of 47 species in the genus Rhipidura. It is locally referred to as murai gila, literally "crazy thrush" in the Malay language.[2] It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Jeyarajasingam, Allen and Pearson, Alan (2012) A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
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