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Rufous Fantail (Yap)

Rhipidura rufifrons versicolor

Classification

Class
Aves

The Micronesian rufous fantail (Rhipidura versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the Mariana Islands and the island of Yap in Micronesia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Australian rufous fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons). Taxonomy The Micronesian rufous fantail was formally described in 1872 by the German ornithologists Gustav Hartlaub and Otto Finsch based on specimens collected by the Polish naturalist John Stanislaw Kubary on the island of Yap in Micronesia.

Distribution

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