Bird Guide

Santa Cruz Fantail

Rhipidura melanolaema

Not EvaluatedEndemicInvertebratesShrublandTiny · 10 g

About the Santa Cruz Fantail

The Santa Cruz fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Australian rufous fantail.

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Where the Santa Cruz Fantail lives

Regular range

When to see the Santa Cruz Fantail

Peak activity in March · a passage migrant species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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