Black Thicket Fantail
Rhipidura maculipectusGray, GR, 1858
English (US) Black Thicket Fantail
The Black Thicket Fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus) 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: lowlands of New Guinea, including Batanta and Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura maculipectus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Thicket Fantail
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.357 p.176
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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White-bellied Thicket Fantail
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