Long-tailed Fantail

Rhipidura opistherythra

Near ThreatenedLegendaryEndemicInvertebratesForestTiny · 15 g

About the Long-tailed Fantail

The long-tailed fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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