The sooty thicket fantail (''Rhipidura threnothorax'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family

Rhipiduridae The family Rhipiduridae are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent that includes the fantails and silktails. Taxonomy and systematics The family contains 55 species which are divided into four genera ...

. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Habitats and behavior

The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but sooty thicket fantail as well as the other thicket fantails (

white-bellied thicket fantail The white-bellied thicket fantail (''Rhipidura leucothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. This species is one of 47 in the genus ''Rhipidura''. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mois ...

and

black thicket fantail The black thicket fantail (''Rhipidura maculipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. This species is one of 47 in the genus ''Rhipidura''. Description This is a medium-sized, lo ...

) are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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Taxonomy

According to

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there are 2 recognised subspecies.Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (Eds.)
Orioles, drongos, fantails
''

World Bird List (v11.2)''. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2 In alphabetical order, these are: * R. t. fumosa Schlegel, 1871 —

Yapen Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ...

( Geelvink Bay, NW of

) * ''R. t. threnothorax'' Müller, S, 1843 —

Raja Ampat Islands Raja Ampat (), or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea), Southwest Papua , Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays, and sh ...

(NW of

Aru Islands Aru or ARU may refer to: Education * Alpha Rho Upsilon, a defunct fraternity in the United States * Anglia Ruskin University, a university in England * Ardhi University, a Tanzanian public university Places * Aru Islands Regency, a group of i ...

(SW of

) and

References

External links

Sooty thicket fantail ''Rhipidura threnothorax'' Müller, S, 1843
«xeno-canto» website — Birds' Voices all over the world * * sooty thicket fantail Birds of New Guinea sooty thicket fantail Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Salomon Müller {{Rhipiduridae-stub