Fantails (Rhipiduridae)

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata) - HBW 11, p. 224

French: Rhipidure familier German: Graubauch-Fächerschwanz Spanish: Abanico Amistoso

Taxonomy: Rhipidura albo-limbata Salvadori, 1874, Hatam, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with R. hyperythra, R. albiscapa, R. fuliginosa and R. phasiana. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • albolimbata Salvadori, 1874 - mountains of NW, N & E New Guinea.
  • lorentzi van Oort, 1909 - Snow Mts and Central Highlands, in C New Guinea.