New Caledonian streaked fantail
The New Caledonian streaked fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, and the Loyalty Islands (but not Ouvéa Island). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Vanuatu streaked fantail and the Fiji streaked fantail with the English name "streaked fantail".
| New Caledonian streaked fantail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Genus: | Rhipidura |
| Species: | R. verreauxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidura verreauxi E. Marie, 1870 | |
Taxonomy edit
The New Caledonian streaked fantail was formally described in 1870 by the French naturalist Édouard Auguste Marié under the binomial name Rhipidura verreauxi based on a specimen collected in New Caledonia. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.[2][3] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The Vanuatu streaked fantail (Rhipidura spilodera) and the Fiji streaked fantail (Rhipidura layardi) were formerly treated as subspecies.[4]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Rhipidura verreauxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103710723A112349195. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103710723A112349195.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Marié, E. (1870). "Mélanges ornithologiques sur la faune de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'une espèce nouvelle". Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux (in French). 27 (3): 323–328 [326–327].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 548.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Orioles, drongos, fantails". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 January 2024.