Bougainville Fantail
Rhipidura drowneiMayr, E, 1931
English (US) Bougainville Fantail
The Bougainville Fantail (Rhipidura drownei) 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.
Range: montane forest of Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura drownei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bougainville Fantail
- Described by
- Mayr, E, 1931
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rhipidura drownei drownei
- Described by
- Mayr, E, 1931
- Type locality
- Bougainville.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.502 p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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