Pohnpei Fantail

Pohnpei Fantail

Taxobox
name = Pohnpei Fantail


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Rhipiduridae
genus = "Rhipidura"
species = "R. kubaryi"
binomial = "Rhipidura kubaryi"
binomial_authority = Finsch, 1876

The Pohnpei Fantail ("Rhipidura kubaryi") is a fantail which is endemic to the Pacific island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a common bird in forest and at the forest edge. It feeds on insects which it gathers by gleaning amongst foliage or by making short dashes into the air.

It is a small bird (15cm) with a long, fan-shaped tail which is often fanned or wagged. The plumage is mostly dark grey with a white eyebrow, moustache and tips to the tail feathers. The belly is white and the breast is blackish with white feather edges giving a scaly appearance.

The species is closely related to the Rufous Fantail ("Rhipidura rufifrons") but it is darker and duller in appearance with a different song and feeding behaviour.

The scientific name commemorates the Polish naturalist Jan Kubary.

References

* H. Douglas Pratt, Philip L. Bruner & Delwyn G. Berrett (1987), "A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific", Princeton University Press.

External links

* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/14404300.htm Stamp showing the Pohnpei Fantail]


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