Tawny-backed Fantail

About the Tawny-backed Fantail

The tawny-backed fantail, also known as the cinnamon-backed fantail, is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Buru island in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The species occupies an area of larger than 20,000 km2 and has a stable population of above 10,000, and thus is not considered as threatened.

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Where the Tawny-backed Fantail lives

When to see the Tawny-backed Fantail

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

Easily confused with

Kadavu FantailRhipidura personataThe Kadavu fantail is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae. Long-tailed FantailRhipidura opistherythraThe long-tailed fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. White-winged FantailRhipidura cockerelliThe white-winged fantail or Cockerell's fantail, is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.