Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Bismarck Fantail (Rhipidura dahli) - HBW 11, p. 230
French: Rhipidure des Bismarck
German: Graukehl-Fächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico de las Bismarck
Other common names: Bismarck Rufous Fantail, Dahl’s Fantail
Taxonomy: Rhipidura dahli Reichenow, 1897, Ralum, New Britain.
Forms a superspecies with R. rufidorsa, R. matthiae and R. malaitae, as part of a larger species group that also includes R. teysmanni, R. superflua, R. dedemi, R. opistherythra, R. lepida, R. dryas, R. rufifrons and R. semirubra. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dahli Reichenow, 1897 - Umboi I and New Britain, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- antonii E. J. O. Hartert, 1926 - New Ireland.
- Least Concern
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