Tawny-backed Fantail
Rhipidura superfluaHartert, EJO, 1899
English (US) Tawny-backed Fantail
The Tawny-backed Fantail (Rhipidura superflua) 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 Buru (southern Moluccas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura superflua
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tawny-backed Fantail
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1899
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1899
- Type locality
- Mt. Mada, Buru; altitude 3,000 feet.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 8 p.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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