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Photo by tcollins
Brian Creek Monsoon Forest, Northern Territory, Australia, July 2011

Rhipidura dryas

Distribution

South-east Asia, Australasia: found in the Lesser Sundas, northern coast of Australia, and southern New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Subspecies semicollaris
Photo by James Eaton
Camplong, West Timor, Indonesia, May 2005

There are eleven subspecies^[1]:

• R. d. celebensis:

• Tanahjampea and Lalao islands (Flores Sea)

• R. d. mimosae:

• Kalaotoa Island (Flores Sea)

• R. d. sumbaensis:

• Sumba (Lesser Sundas)

• R. d. semicollaris:

• Flores to Timor and adjacent Lesser Sundas

• R. d. elegantula:

• Eastern Lesser Sundas (Leti, Moa, Romang and Damar)

• R. d. reichenowi:

• Babar Island (eastern Lesser Sundas)

• R. d. hamadryas :

• Tanimbar Islands (Arafura Sea)

Race hamadryas.
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia

• R. d. squamata:

• Banda, Seram Laut, Tayandu Island and Kai Island

• R. d. henrici:

• Aru Islands

• R. d. streptophora:

• Southern New Guinea

• R. d. dryas:

• Coastal northern Australia (Kimberley to western Cape York Peninsula)

R. d. henrici is thought to be a subspecies of R. d. squamata by some authors^[2]

Habitat

Rain forest and mangroves.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Arafura Fantail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Arafura_Fantail

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