The plumage is mostly dark greyish-brown with white undertail, black tail and light (white or pale smoky) throat. White spot behind the eyes. Like other fantails, Samoan fantail often spreads its long tail like a fan. The usual sounds are a low chirp. Sometimes imitates the voices of other bird species.[2]
Distribution and habitatedit
The Samoan fantail is described as common and widespread on Upolu Island and has a limited distribution on the island of Savaiʻi.[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Prefers primary and secondary rainforests, but tolerates man-made landscapes: plantations and gardens.[2]
Taxonomyedit
According to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies.[4] In alphabetical order, these are:
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samoan, fantail, rhipidura, nebulosa, species, bird, family, rhipiduridae, endemic, samoa, found, upolu, savaiʻi, islands, conservation, status, least, concern, iucn, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, av. The Samoan fantail Rhipidura nebulosa is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae It is endemic to Samoa and is found in Upolu and Savaiʻi islands Samoan fantail Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Rhipiduridae Genus Rhipidura Species R nebulosa Binomial name Rhipidura nebulosaPeale 1849 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Taxonomy 4 ReferencesDescription editThe plumage is mostly dark greyish brown with white undertail black tail and light white or pale smoky throat White spot behind the eyes Like other fantails Samoan fantail often spreads its long tail like a fan The usual sounds are a low chirp Sometimes imitates the voices of other bird species 2 Distribution and habitat editThe Samoan fantail is described as common and widespread on Upolu Island and has a limited distribution on the island of Savaiʻi 3 Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests Prefers primary and secondary rainforests but tolerates man made landscapes plantations and gardens 2 Taxonomy editAccording to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies 4 In alphabetical order these are R n altera Mayr 1931 R n nebulosa Peale 1849 Samoan fantail R nebulosa forms a superspecies with 5 Brown fantail R drownei Makira fantail R tenebrosa Rennell fantail R rennelliana Streaked fantail R verreauxi Kadavu fantail R personata References edit BirdLife International 2016 Rhipidura nebulosa IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22706878A94094907 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22706878A94094907 en Retrieved 13 November 2021 a b Samoan Fantail Ebird photos description range map del Hoyo J Elliott A Christie D 2006 Handbook of the Birds of the World vol 11 Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions Barcelona Spain cit by BirdLife International 2016 Rhipidura nebulosa IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22706878A94094907 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22706878A94094907 en Gill F Donsker D amp Rasmussen P Eds Orioles drongos fantails IOC World Bird List v11 2 doi 10 14344 IOC ML 11 2 Tvardikova K 2022 Rhipidura drownei Gould 1843 New Guinea Birds online Retrieved 2022 02 24 This Rhipiduridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samoan fantail amp oldid 1219333880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
