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Alternative name: Mountain Fantail
- Rhipidura drownei
Identification
Distribution
Bougainville (Solomon Islands).
Taxonomy
Guadalcanal Fantail and Bougainville Fantail was formerly combined as one species with the name of Brown Fantail.
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Breeding
Both sexes build the cup shaped nest from grass and spider silk, incubate the eggs and feed the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bougainville Fantail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bougainville_Fantail
External Links
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