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Micronesian Rufous Fantail

Rhipidura versicolor Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO 1872

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Rhipiduridae
Genus:
   Rhipidura
Scientific:
  Rhipidura versicolor


Original description

Citation:
  Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO 1872

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872, pt.1 p.96

Imprint year:
  1872

Protonym:
  Rhipidura versicolor

Type locality:
  Uap (= Yap), Mackenzie Group.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90880#page/126/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2F3E70A093339E71

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2F3E70A0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2F3E70A0


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 917277

Geographic range:

  • Rhipidura versicolor versicolor: Yap (Caroline Islands)
  • Rhipidura versicolor saipanensis: Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan)
  • Rhipidura versicolor mariae: southernmost Northern Mariana Islands (Rota)
  • Rhipidura versicolor uraniae: formerly Guam (Mariana Islands); extinct
English:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail
French:
Rhipidure de Micronésie
Slovak:
vejárnik mikronézsky
Chinese:
密岛扇尾鹟


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]
Clements, version 2024:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]
eBird version 2023:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]
eBird version 2024:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Micronesian Rufous Fantail ( Rhipidura versicolor) [version 5]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rhipidura [rufifrons, torrida, louisiadensis, versicolor, rufofronta or melanolaema] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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English: Micronesian Fantail, Micronesian Rufous Fantail
French: Rhipidure de Micronésie
Scientific: Rhipidura versicolor
Slovak: vejárnik mikronézsky
Chinese: 密岛扇尾鹟

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