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Malaysian pied fantail
Rhipidura javanica · Family Rhipiduridae
Rhipidura javanica
Family Rhipiduridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 134,853
- Countries and territories with records
- 12

About this species
This species has 134,853 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (53.4%), Malaysia (17.1%), Singapore (12.3%), Cambodia (8.1%) and Indonesia (6.1%); together they account for 97% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Rhipidura javanica combines the genus name Rhipidura with the species epithet javanica. The Warbla app catalog lists 48 species of the genus Rhipidura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Rhipidura leucophrys, Rhipidura albiscapa and Rhipidura fuliginosa.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 50 species of the family Rhipiduridae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Rhipidura leucophrys. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (83,685). The family Rhipiduridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.