Makira Fantail
Rhipidura tenebrosaRamsay, EP, 1882
English (US) Makira Fantail
The Makira Fantail (Rhipidura tenebrosa) 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: Makira (southeastern Solomon Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura tenebrosa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Makira Fantail
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1882
- Type locality
- San Cristobal.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(1881) p.835
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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