Palau Fantail

Rhipidura lepida

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 15 g

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The Palau fantail is a typical fantail, short-bodied and long-tailed, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in). The crown, nape, back and upper tail are cinnamon. The throat and malar are white and the breast is black, the wings are black edged with cinnamon, and the belly is white. The tail is black tipped with rufous. The sexes are the same in plumage but the females are slightly smaller. Juveniles have brown upperparts, and dingy white throats.

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When to see the Palau Fantail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Palau Fantail

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Palau Fantail

The Palau fantail is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Palau.

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