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Rhipidura dryas

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are eleven subspecies.

• 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)

• 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]

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Arafura Fantail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Arafura_Fantail

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