Cockerell's Fantail

Cockerell's Fantail


Cockerell's Fantail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: R. cockerelli
Binomial name
Rhipidura cockerelli
(Ramsay, 1879)

The Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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