Northern Fantail

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Rhipiduridae

Genus

Rhipidura

eBird Code

norfan1

Subspecies (20)

• Rhipidura rufiventris assimilis

  Tayandu and Kai islands, southern Moluccas

• Rhipidura rufiventris bouruensis

  Buru Island (southern Moluccas)

• Rhipidura rufiventris cinerea

  southern Moluccas (Seram, Ambon, and Boano)

• Rhipidura rufiventris finitima

  Watubela Islands, southern Moluccas

• Rhipidura rufiventris finschii

  New Britain and Duke of York (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Rhipidura rufiventris gigantea

  Bismarck Archipelago (Lihir and Tabar Groups)

• Rhipidura rufiventris gularis

  New Guinea, including Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea) and northern Torres Strait Islands (Boigu Island)

• Rhipidura rufiventris hoedti

  eastern Lesser Sundas (Sermata, Moa, Leti, Romang, and Damar)

• Rhipidura rufiventris isura

  northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula and Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)

• Rhipidura rufiventris kordensis

  Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Rhipidura rufiventris mussai

  Mussau, in St. Matthias Group (north-central Bismarck Archipelago)

• Rhipidura rufiventris nigromentalis

  Misima and Tagula (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)

• Rhipidura rufiventris niveiventris

  Admiralty Islands

• Rhipidura rufiventris obiensis

  Obi Island (northern Moluccas)

• Rhipidura rufiventris pallidiceps

  Wetar (eastern Lesser Sundas)

• Rhipidura rufiventris rufiventris

  eastern Lesser Sundas (Semau, Timor, and Jaco)

• Rhipidura rufiventris setosa

  New Hanover, Dyaul, and New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Rhipidura rufiventris tangensis

  Bismarck Archipelago (Boang and Tanga)

• Rhipidura rufiventris tenkatei

  Rote (eastern Lesser Sundas)

• Rhipidura rufiventris vidua

  Kofiau (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)