Bismarck fantail

Bismarck fantail
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Rhipiduridae
Genus:	Rhipidura
Species:	R. dahli
Binomial name
Rhipidura dahli Reichenow, 1897

The Bismarck fantail (Rhipidura dahli) is a fantail native to the islands New Britain and New Ireland. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Friedrich Dahl.

Taxonomy

According to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies. ^[2] In alphabetical order, these are:

• R. d. antonii Hartert, E, 1926
• R. d. dahli Reichenow, 1897

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhipidura dahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22706903A94096277. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706903A94096277.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (Eds.): Orioles, drongos, fantails. IOC World Bird List (v11.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2