Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Rusty-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura teysmanni) - HBW 11, p. 229
French: Rhipidure des Célèbes
German: Celebesfächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico de Célebes
Other common names: (Celebes) Rufous Fantail, Rusty-flanked Fantail
Taxonomy: Rhipidura teysmanni Büttikofer, 1892, Macassar, Sulawesi.
Forms a superspecies with R. superflua, R. dedemi, R. opistherythra and R. lepida; all are part of a species group that also includes R. rufidorsa, R. dahli, R. matthiae, R. malaitae, R. dryas, R. rufifrons and R. semirubra. Race coomansi considered indistinguishable from toradja by some authors. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coomansi van Marle, 1940 - Minahasa Peninsula, in N Sulawesi.
- toradja Stresemann, 1931 - mountains of C & SE Sulawesi.
- teysmanni Büttikofer, 1892 - Mt Lompobattang, in SW Sulawesi.
- sulaensis Neumann, 1939 - Sula Is (Taliabu).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving in a tree Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp toradja)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a tree, preening Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp toradja)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2007 4 years ago 19 sec 3.5
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In the bamboo forest around the baby graves in tree in Kambira (district Sangalla) of Toraja country.
Locality Kambira, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Rose69 10 April 2011 17 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird foraging low in a tree.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp toradja)
David Beadle 26 October 2011 22 weeks ago 3.4
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