What are the features of the white-spotted fantail flycatcher?

             The white-spotted fantail flycatcher is a small bird. It is mostly smoke-brown in colour, with noticeably white eyebrows and a white abdomen.

            It gets its name from its showy tail, which is often spread out like a fan, with widened wings on both sides.

            These birds inhabit less dense forests as well as in noisy busy towns. They are very charming and vibrant, with a slight indifference towards humans. The nests can be seen in trees like mangoes and chickoos. It will be typically cup-like.

            A female lays up to three eggs, which are pinkish cream in colour. Like other flycatchers, these birds feed on mosquitoes, flies and other insects.

            Until recently, the white-spotted fantail was considered a subspecies of white-throated fantail.