The Bismarck fantail (''Rhipidura dahli'') is a

fantail Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus ''Rhipidura'' in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the species are about long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as " ...

native to the islands New Britain and New Ireland. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist

Friedrich Dahl Karl Friedrich Theodor Dahl (June 24, 1856 in Rosenhofer Brök north of Dahme, Holstein – June 29, 1929 in Greifswald) was a German zoologist, and in particular an arachnologist. The son of a farmer, Dahl studied at the universities of Leipzi ...

Taxonomy

According to

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there are 2 recognised subspecies.Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (Eds.)
Orioles, drongos, fantails
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World Bird List (v11.2)''. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2 In alphabetical order, these are: * ''R. d. antonii'' Hartert, E, 1926 * ''R. d. dahli'' Reichenow, 1897

References

Bismarck fantail Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago Bismarck fantail {{Rhipiduridae-stub