Arafura Fantail © Geoff Jones

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Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons).

Forms a superspecies with Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) and Manus Fantail (Rhipidura semirubra). Often considered conspecific with Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) and Manus Fantail (Rhipidura semirubra).

The following 11 subspecies are recognised:

• celebensis Büttikofer, 1892   -  Tanahjampea and Kalao, in Bonerate Is.
• mimosae Meise, 1929   -  Kalaotoa (east of Kalao).
• semicollaris Müller, S, 1843   -  Lesser Sundas (Flores, Alor, Wetar, Sawu, Roti, Timor).
• sumbensis Hartert, 1896   -  Sumba, in southern Lesser Sundas.
• squamata Müller, S, 1843   -  Western Papuan Is (Waigeo, Salawati, Schildpad, Misool) and Banda Is.
• henrici E. J. O. Hartert, 1918   -  Southern Moluccas (Seram Laut, Manggur group, Kur, Taam), Kai Is (Kai Kecil) and Aru Is (Babi).
• elegantula Sharpe, 1879   -  Eastern Lesser Sundas (Romang, Damar, Leti, Moa).
• reichenowi Finsch, 1901   -  Babar, in extreme eastern Lesser Sundas.
• hamadryas Sclater, PL, 1883   -  Tanimbar Archipelago.
• streptophora Ogilvie-Grant, 1911   -  R Mimika, in western New Guinea.
• dryas Gould, 1843   -  Northern Australia from Collier Bay east, including Melville I, Truant I and Groote Eylandt, to eastern coast of Gulf of Carpentaria. Considered by some as a subspecies of Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons).

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