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Louisiade Fantail
Rhipidura louisiadensis Hartert, EJO, 1899
Rhipiduridae — Fantails
Louisiade Fantail, Rhipidura louisiadensis, is a bird of the D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipelagos east of south-eastern New Guinea. It belongs to the fantail family and was first described in 1899 by Hartert. The species was once treated as part of the Australian rufous fantail, but is now recognised separately. It is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhipiduridae — Fantails
- Breeding range
- Australasia: D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archs. (e of se New Guinea)
