Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Rufous-backed Fantail (Rhipidura rufidorsa) - HBW 11, p. 230
French: Rhipidure à dos roux
German: Graubrust-Fächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Dorsirrufo
Other common names: Chestnut-backed Fantail, Grey-breasted Rufous Fantail
Taxonomy: Rhipidura rufidorsa A. B. Meyer, 1874, Passim, Rubi, Geelvink Bay, and Yapen Island, western New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with R. dahli, 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. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufidorsa A. B. Meyer, 1874 - New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay and, in S, to R Fly.
- kumusi Mathews, 1928 - N coast of SE New Guinea (R Kumusi E to Collingwood Bay).
- kubuna Rand, 1938 - S coast of SE New Guinea (R Angabunga E to R Yeimauri area).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird incubating.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp kubuna)
Brian J. Coates 34 weeks ago 4.3 -
Two birds flicking around.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp kubuna)
Brian J. Coates 34 weeks ago 4.3 -
Two birds flicking around.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp kubuna)
Brian J. Coates 34 weeks ago 4.3
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