Rhipidura verreauxi Marie 1870

The streaked fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. Rhipidura verreauxi has precedence over Rhipidura spilodera (Dickinson & Watling 2006). It is found in Fiji, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Illustration by Keulemans, 1879

Taxonomy

According to IOC there are 5 recognised subspecies.^[2] In alphabetical order, these are:

• R. v. erythronotaSharpe, 1879
• R. v. layardiSalvadori, 1877
• R. v. rufilateralisSharpe, 1879
• R. v. spiloderaGray, GR, 1870
• R. v. verreauxiMarie, 1870

Streaked fantail (R. verreauxi) forms a superspecies with:^[3]

• Brown fantail (R. drownei)
• Makira fantail (R. tenebrosa)
• Rennell fantail (R. rennelliana)
• Kadavu fantail (R. personata)
• Samoan fantail (R. nebulosa)

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