Mussau Fantail

Mussau Fantail
Mussau Fantail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: R. matthiae
Binomial name
Rhipidura matthiae
Heinroth, 1902

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.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Rhipidura matthiae. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 15 June 2007. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

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