The Malaysian pied fantail (''Rhipidura javanica'') is a species of bird in the

fantail Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus ''Rhipidura'' in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the species are about long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "f ...

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.Jeyarajasingam, Allen and Pearson, Alan (2012) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore '' It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Malaysia,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is

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or tropical moist lowland forests. Malaysian Pied Fantail

A single sight was recorded from Yala National Park of south

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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Malaysian pied fantail 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.Jeyarajas ...

Birds of Southeast Asia Birds of Malaysia

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