The Arafura fantail, sometimes known as the wood fantail, inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands, the northern coast of Australia from the Kimberley to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula, including subcoastally in the Top End of the Northern Territory, and southern New Guinea. It is similar to the rufous fantail, from which it has been split taxonomically but, apart from minor overlap in the eastern Moluccas, their geographic ranges are discrete. It is generally duller than the rufous fantail with the rufous colouration more restricted. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1843
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.10, no.117 p.132
Imprint year:
1842
Protonym:
Rhipidura dryas
Type locality:
Port Essington, north coast of Australia.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96442#page/284/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
9C8484252FE0D9A1
Avibase ID:
avibase-9C848425
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9C848425
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 915861
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Arafura or Supertramp Fantail ( Rhipidura [dryas or semicollaris]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Arafura or Supertramp Fantail ( Rhipidura [dryas or semicollaris]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Rhipidure dryade ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2021: Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 3] |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Arafura Fantail ( Rhipidura dryas) [version 2] |
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Rhipidura dryas [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Rhipidura [rufifrons, torrida, louisiadensis, versicolor, rufofronta, melanolaema, dryas or semicollaris]
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