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Peleng Fantail
Rhipidura habibiei Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno & Ng, NSR, 2020
Rhipiduridae — Fantails
Peleng Fantail, Rhipidura habibiei, is a fantail found in montane Peleng in the Banggai Islands east of Sulawesi, within Australasia. It is endemic to the island’s mountainous areas. Its key features include black scaling beneath a black breast patch, a bright white throat, and a distinctive courtship vocalisation. Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari, Suparno and Ng described it in 2020.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhipiduridae — Fantails
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane Peleng (Banggai Is., e of Sulawesi)
