The streaked fantail (''Rhipidura verreauxi'') 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 ...

. ''Rhipidura verreauxi'' has precedence over ''Rhipidura spilodera'' (Dickinson & Watling 2006). It is found in

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

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, and

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s and subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

Taxonomy

According to

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there are 5 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. v. erythronota'' Sharpe, 1879 * ''R. v. layardi'' Salvadori, 1877 * ''R. v. rufilateralis'' Sharpe, 1879 * ''R. v. spilodera'' Gray, GR, 1870 * ''R. v. verreauxi'' Marie, 1870 Streaked fantail (''R. verreauxi'') forms a superspecies with: *

Brown fantail The brown fantail (''Rhipidura drownei'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in Bougainville Island and Guadalcanal. Description Not big (from 9-10 up to 14 cm long) dark bird with a long tail, which it often spreads ...

(''R. drownei'') *

Makira fantail The Makira fantail or dusky fantail (''Rhipidura tenebrosa'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habit ...

(''R. tenebrosa'') *

Rennell fantail The Rennell fantail (''Rhipidura rennelliana'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Rennell Island (Solomon Islands). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Description The plumag ...

(''R. rennelliana'') *

Kadavu fantail The Kadavu fantail (''Rhipidura personata'') is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu archipelago, in southern Fiji. It is closely related to the streaked fantail of the rest of Fi ...

(''R. personata'') * Samoan fantail (''R. nebulosa'')

References

streaked fantail The streaked fantail (''Rhipidura verreauxi'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. ''Rhipidura verreauxi'' has precedence over ''Rhipidura spilodera'' (Dickinson & Watling 2006). It is found in Fiji, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. It ...

Birds of Fiji Birds of New Caledonia Birds of Vanuatu

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