Sooty thicket fantail

The sooty thicket fantail (Rhipidura threnothorax) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea.

Sooty thicket fantail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. threnothorax
Binomial name
Rhipidura threnothorax
Müller, 1843

Habitats and behavior

The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but sooty thicket fantail as well as the other thicket fantails (white-bellied thicket fantail and black thicket fantail) are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

According to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies.[2] In alphabetical order, these are:

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Rhipidura threnothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706821A130424259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706821A130424259.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (Eds.): Orioles, drongos, fantails. IOC World Bird List (v11.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2


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