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The Vanuatu streaked fantail is a small passerine with a long, fanned tail. The adults have white underparts and dark, grayish-brown wings and backs. Their breasts and lower throats are densely patterned with dark triangular spots and blurry streaking. They have white stripes in front of and behind their eyes. The juveniles tend to look like slightly duller versions of the adults, and they do not exhibit sexual dimorphism. Voice: The Vanuatu streaked fantail has a high-pitched, whistling song. They begin vocalizing up to an hour before dawn and will often be the first to start singing.
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When to see the Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in New Caledonia.
About the Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
The Vanuatu streaked fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae which is endemic to the Melanesian island of Vanuatu. It was formerly considered to be subspecies of the streaked fantail. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Easily confused with
Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofrontaThe Solomons rufous fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the Solomon Islands.
Louisiade FantailRhipidura louisiadensisThe Louisiade fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago to the east of New Guinea.
Gilolo FantailRhipidura torridaThe Gilolo fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the northern Maluku Islands from Halmahera south to the Obi.
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