Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra)

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra) [XC118780]
by Nick Athanas from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (song)

Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra) [XC19472]
by Niels Krabbe from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) and Mangrove Grey Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana). Subspecies muelleri intergrades with castaneothorax in east.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

muelleri Gray, 1858 - Western New Guinea east to Astrolabe Bay, south to upper R Fly area and Okasa (Eastern Highlands).
hyperythra Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
castaneothorax Ramsay, EP, 1879 - South-eastern New Guinea (eastern from Huon Peninsula and, in south, from R Angabunga).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra) - 9 files

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