Long-tailed Fantail
Rhipidura opistherythraSclater, PL, 1883
English (US) Long-tailed Fantail
The Long-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura opistherythra) 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: Tanimbar Islands (Larat, Yamdena, and Maru)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura opistherythra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Fantail
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1883
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1883
- Type locality
- Larat and Maru, Tenimber (= Tanimbar).
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, pt.2 p.197
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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