Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Samoan Fantail (Rhipidura nebulosa) - HBW 11, p. 227
French: Rhipidure des Samoa
German: Samoafächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Samoano
Taxonomy: Rhipidura nebulosa Peale, 1848, Upolu, Samoa.
Forms a superspecies with R. drownei, R. tenebrosa, R. rennelliana, R. verreauxi and R. personata. Validity of race altera questionable. Two subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- altera Mayr, 1931 - Savai’i, in Samoa.
- nebulosa Peale, 1848 - Upolu, in Samoa.
- Least Concern
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