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title: "Malaienfächerschwanz"
description: "Rhipidura javanica — Vögel. The Sunda pied fantail (Rhipidura javanica), also known as the Malaysian pied fantail, is a species of bird in the fantail family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/malaysian-pied-fantail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Malaienfächerschwanz

> Rhipidura javanica — Vögel. The Sunda pied fantail (Rhipidura javanica), also known as the Malaysian pied fantail, is a species of bird in the fantail family.

- Scientific name: *Rhipidura javanica*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6434
- Wikidata: [Q2669097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669097)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8141](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8141)

## Names

- en: Malaysian Pied-Fantail
- de: Malaienfächerschwanz
- es: Abanico Pío de Sonda
- fr: Rhipidure pie
- nl: Maleise bonte waaierstaart
- pt: Cauda-de-leque-bicolor
- pl: Wachlarzówka srokata

## Countries with the most observations

TH (2159), SG (1842), MY (1044), ID (567), VN (269), KH (121), LA (16), BN (11)

## Summary

The Sunda pied fantail (Rhipidura javanica), also known as the Malaysian pied fantail, is a species of bird in the fantail family. It is locally referred to as murai gila, literally "crazy thrush" in the Malay language.  It was previously considered conspecific with the Philippine pied fantail.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_pied_fantail

## Photo

![Malaienfächerschwanz](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malaysian-pied-fantail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233614991

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malaysian-pied-fantail?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).