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White-winged Fantail

Rhipidura cockerelli (= Rhipidura cockerelli cockerelli) (Ramsay, EP 1879)

Cockerell's fantail or the white-winged fantail, is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found throughout the Solomon Islands (archipelago). Source: Wikipedia

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


Original description

Citation:
  (Ramsay, EP 1879)

Reference:
   Nature 20 p.125

Protonym:
  Sauloprocta cockerelli

Type locality:
  Lango, Guadalcanal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61875#page/147/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F1A01F970C0CBDD5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F1A01F97

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F1A01F97


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562733

English:
White-winged Fantail
Bulgarian:
Белокрила ветрилоопашка
Catalan:
cuaventall de Cockerell
Czech:
pávík bělokřídlý
Danish:
Hvidvinget Viftehale
German:
Salomonenfächerschwanz
Esperanto:
blankflugila ripiduro
Spanish:
Abanico de Cockerell
Spanish (Spain):
Abanico de Cockerell
Estonian:
valgekõht-lehviksaba
Finnish:
salomoninviuhko
French:
Rhipidure de Cockerell
Croatian:
bjelokrila lepezašica
Italian:
Codaventaglio alibianche
Japanese:
ソロモンオウギビタキ
Lithuanian:
Kokerelio skėstauodegė
Dutch:
Cockerells Waaierstaart
Norwegian:
salomonviftestjert
Polish:
wachlarzówka białoskrzydła
Portuguese:
rabo-de-leque-de-asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
abanico-de-cockerell
Russian:
Веерохвостка Кокерелла
Slovak:
vejárnik stračí
Serbian:
Kokerelova lepezarka
Swedish:
salomonsolfjäderstjärt
Turkish:
Cockerell Katmerkuyruğu
Ukrainian:
віялохвістка білокрила
Chinese:
白翅扇尾鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
白翅扇尾鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina] ( Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina] ( Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina] ( Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina] ( Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina] ( Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina])
Avilist 2025:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli)
Clements, version 2023:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
White-winged Fantail ( Rhipidura cockerelli) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rhipidura [cockerelli or coultasi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Белокрила ветрилоопашка
Catalan: cuaventall de Cockerell
Czech: pávík bělokřídlý
Danish: Hvidvinget Viftehale
German: Salomonenfächerschwanz
English: White-winged Fantail, White-winged Fantail [cockerelli, lavellae or albina]
[ENAV]: White-winged Fantail
English, HBW: White-winged/White-gorgeted Fantail
English (IOC): White-winged Fantail
English (United States): White-winged Fantail
Esperanto: blankflugila ripiduro
Spanish: Abanico de Cockerell
Spanish (Spain): Abanico de Cockerell
Estonian: valgekõht-lehviksaba
Finnish: salomoninviuhko
French: Rhipidure de Cockerell, Rhipidure de Cockerell (cockerelli), Rhipidure de Cockerell [cockerelli, lavellae or albina], Rhipidure de Cockerell [cockerelli, lavellae ou albina]
Croatian: bjelokrila lepezašica
Italian: Codaventaglio alibianche
Japanese: ソロモンオウギビタキ
Scientific: Rhipidura cockerelli, Rhipidura cockerelli [cockerelli, lavellae or albina], Rhipidura cockerelli cockerelli, Sauloprocta cockerelli
Lithuanian: Kokerelio skėstauodegė
Dutch: Cockerells Waaierstaart
Norwegian: salomonviftestjert
Polish: wachlarzówka białoskrzydła
Portuguese: rabo-de-leque-de-asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): abanico-de-cockerell
Russian: Веерохвостка Кокерелла
Slovak: vejárnik stračí
Serbian: Kokerelova lepezarka
Swedish: salomonsolfjäderstjärt
Turkish: Cockerell Katmerkuyruğu
Ukrainian: віялохвістка білокрила
Chinese: 白翅扇尾鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 白翅扇尾鶲

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