White-winged Fantail
Rhipidura cockerelli(Ramsay, EP, 1879)
English (US) White-winged Fantail
The White-winged Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rhipiduridae (Fantails and Silktails) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura cockerelli
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-winged Fantail
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Rhipidura cockerelli septentrionalis
- Rhipidura cockerelli interposita
- Rhipidura cockerelli lavellae
- Rhipidura cockerelli albina
- Rhipidura cockerelli floridana
- Rhipidura cockerelli cockerelli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sauloprocta cockerelli
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1879)
- Type locality
- Lango, Guadalcanal.
- Original description
- Nature 20 p.125
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Fantails and Silktails
Visayan Blue Fantail
Rhipidura samarensis
Tablas Fantail
Rhipidura sauli
Visayan Fantail
Rhipidura albiventris
Blue-headed Fantail
Rhipidura cyaniceps
Spotted Fantail
Rhipidura perlata
Cinnamon-tailed Fantail
Rhipidura fuscorufa
White-gorgeted Fantail
Rhipidura coultasi
Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris
Brown-capped Fantail
Rhipidura diluta
Sooty Thicket Fantail
Rhipidura threnothorax
Black Thicket Fantail
Rhipidura maculipectus
White-bellied Thicket Fantail
Rhipidura leucothorax
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