Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) - HBW 11, p. 240
French: Rhipidure de Cockerell
German: Cockerellfächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico de Cockerell
Other common names: Lesser Pied/White-winged Fantail
Taxonomy: Sauloprocta cockerelli E. P. Ramsay, 1879, Lango, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- septentrionalis Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - Buka I, Bougainville I and extreme W Solomon Is (Shortland Is).
- interposita Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - NW Solomons (Choiseul, Santa Isabel).
- floridana Mayr, 1931 - Florida and Tulagi (EC Solomons).
- septentrionalis Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - Buka I, Bougainville I and extreme W Solomon Is (Shortland Is).
- interposita Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - NW Solomons (Choiseul, Santa Isabel).
- floridana Mayr, 1931 - Florida and Tulagi (EC Solomons).
- cockerelli (E. P. Ramsay, 1879) - Guadalcanal.
- coultasi Mayr, 1931 - Malaita.
- lavellae Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - SW Solomons (Vella Lavella, Ranongga).
- albina Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1901 - SW Solomons (Kolombangara, New Georgia, Vangunu, Rendova, Tetepare).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A pair building the nest and calling. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 1 min 25 sec 4.5 -
An individual calling while building the nest. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A bird building its nest and calling. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 4.3 -
An individual in a tree, preening under the rain. Locality Imbu Rano Lodge, Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp albina)
Josep del Hoyo 11 October 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a branch looking around and showing dorsal and frontal views. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.8
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A bird perched.
Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 3 -
An individual perched in a tree, under the rain.
Locality Imbu Rano Lodge, Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp albina)
Josep del Hoyo 11 October 2010 2 years ago 2.4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Imbu Rano Lodge, Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp albina)
Josep del Hoyo 11 October 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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Calls of a pair while building its nest. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp lavellae)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5
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