Crazy Thrush Bird (Rhipidura)

Right outside of my window, I spotted this black with white belly bird playing around with a light hearted chirping from a small and unfamiliar bird outside. So, from the window, I managed to capture some pictures of this bird which was rarely seen such a bird came over. It turned out to be the Malaysian pied fantail, a common resident bird that distributes throughout Southeast Asia countries. The Malaysian pied fantail 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. This bird can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its regular habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Fantails are so called because they have the habit of opening and closing the tail like a fan in hand.

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Camera	Nikon D7000
Category	Bird Photography
Lens	Tamron Tele-Macro 70-300