Fantails (Rhipiduridae)

Sooty Thicket-fantail (Rhipidura threnothorax) - HBW 11, p. 240

French: Rhipidure fuligineux German: Rosenbergfächerschwanz Spanish: Abanico del Matorral

Taxonomy: Rhipidura threnothorax Statius Muller, 1843, Lobo, Triton Bay, New Guinea.
Forms a group with R. leucothorax and R. maculipectus. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

threnothorax Statius Muller, 1843 - New Guinea (including W Papuan islands of Waigeo, Salawati and Misool) and Aru Is.
fumosa Schlegel, 1871 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay (NW New Guinea).

Least Concern

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An individual drinking close to a Thick-billed Ground-pigeon. Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp threnothorax)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 4.5