The sooty thicket fantail (''Rhipidura threnothorax'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Rhipiduridae
The family Rhipiduridae are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent that includes the fantails and silktails.
Taxonomy and systematics
There are four genera classified within the family:
* Subfamily R ...
. It is found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
.
Habitats and behavior
The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but sooty thicket fantail as well as the other thicket fantails (
white-bellied thicket fantail
The white-bellied thicket fantail (''Rhipidura leucothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. This species is one of 47 in the genus ''Rhipidura''.
It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist ...
and
black thicket fantail
The black thicket fantail (''Rhipidura maculipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. This species is one of 47 in the genus ''Rhipidura''.
Description
This is a medium-sized, lo ...
) are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly.
Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s.
Taxonomy
According to
IOC
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there are 2 recognised subspecies.
[Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (Eds.)]
Orioles, drongos, fantails
''IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
World Bird List (v11.2)''. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2 In alphabetical order, these are:
* R. t. fumosa Schlegel, 1871 —
Yapen
Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island a ...
(
Geelvink Bay, NW of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
)
* ''R. t. threnothorax'' Müller, S, 1843 —
Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat, or the ''Four Kings'', is an archipelago located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding ...
(NW of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
),
Aru Islands
The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...
(SW of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
) and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
References
External Links
Sooty thicket fantail ''Rhipidura threnothorax'' Müller, S, 1843«xeno-canto» website — Birds' Voices all over the world
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sooty thicket fantail
The sooty thicket fantail (''Rhipidura threnothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea.
Habitats and behavior
The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migration ...
Birds of New Guinea
sooty thicket fantail
The sooty thicket fantail (''Rhipidura threnothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea.
Habitats and behavior
The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migration ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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