Mussau fantail

The Mussau fantail or Matthias fantail (Rhipidura matthiae) is a fantail which is endemic to Mussau Island in the St. Matthias Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Mussau fantail

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. matthiae
Binomial name
Rhipidura matthiae
Heinroth, 1902

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Rhipidura matthiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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