Black-and-cinnamon Fantail - BirdForum Opus

Photo by James Eaton
Mount Kitinglad, Mindanao, Philippines, April 2005

Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea

Identification

16 cm (6 in)

• Black head
• White supercilium
• Cinnamon back and rump
• Black remiges, with cinnamon edges

Distribution

South-east Asia: endemic to Mindanao, Philippines.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• R. n. hutchinsoni:

• Philippines (montane forests of northern Mindanao)

• R. n. nigrocinnamomea:

• Philippines (montane forests of south-eastern Mindanao)

Habitat

Montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects. They join mixed species feeding flocks.

Movements

A resident species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-and-cinnamon Fantail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-cinnamon_Fantail

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