Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi) - HBW 11, p. 226
French: Rhipidure tacheté
German: Fleckenfächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Moteado
Other common names: Spotted Fantail(!)
Taxonomy: Rhipidura verreauxi Marie, 1870, New Caledonia.
Forms a superspecies with R. drownei, R. tenebrosa, R. rennelliana, R. personata and R. nebulosa. Race spilodera has normally been treated as the nominate form, but recent investigation suggests that “verreauxi” probably takes priority. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- spilodera G. R. Gray, 1870 - Banks Is and N & C Vanuatu (S to Éfaté).
- verreauxi Marie, 1870 - New Caledonia and Loyalty Is (Lifou, Maré).
- layardi Salvadori, 1877 - W Fiji Is (Viti Levu, Ovalau).
- spilodera G. R. Gray, 1870 - Banks Is and N & C Vanuatu (S to Éfaté).
- verreauxi Marie, 1870 - New Caledonia and Loyalty Is (Lifou, Maré).
- layardi Salvadori, 1877 - W Fiji Is (Viti Levu, Ovalau).
- erythronota Sharpe, 1879 - N Fiji (Vanua Levu and neighbouring islands).
- rufilateralis Sharpe, 1879 - Taveuni, in N Fiji Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving in bushes while calling. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 47 weeks ago 28 sec 4.8 -
A bird giving a bout of song and many calls, ans also preening. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A close view of a bird perched behind the vegetation. Locality Mont Koghi, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Luc Fazio 1 September 2007 3 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A close-up of a bird on a branch. Locality Mont Koghi, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Luc Fazio 1 September 2007 3 years ago 24 sec 3.5 -
An individual in a bush turning around and flying away (then at 35% speed). Locality Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2010 45 weeks ago 26 sec 3.4
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A bird perhed in a bush.
Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 47 weeks ago 3.9 -
An individual perched in a bush.
Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 47 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird flitting in dense-cover.
Locality Abaca, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp layardi)
Tom Tarrant 7 June 2007 2 years ago 3
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One bout of song and many calls by one bird. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
(ssp verreauxi)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2010 1 year ago 4
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