Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
White-bellied Thicket-fantail (Rhipidura leucothorax) - HBW 11, p. 241
French: Rhipidure à poitrine blanche
German: Dickichtfächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Pechiblanco
Other common names: White-breasted Thicket-fantail
Taxonomy: Rhipidura leucothorax Salvadori, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains (?error = Andai, Geelvink Bay), New Guinea.
Forms a group with R. threnothorax and R. maculipectus. Race episcopalis intergrades with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucothorax Salvadori, 1874 - W & C New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay and, in S, to Port Moresby district.
- clamosa Diamond, 1967 - Karimui area of Chimbu Province (EC New Guinea).
- episcopalis E. P. Ramsay, 1878 - E New Guinea E from middle R Sepik and Central Province (Kapa Kapa).
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