Palau fan tail

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Palau fan tail
Palau Fantail Rhipidura lepida photographed in Koror Palau in 2013 by Devon Pike.jpg

Palau fan tail ( Rhipidura lepida )

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Genre : Fan tails ( Rhipidura )
Type : Palau fan tail
Scientific name
Rhipidura lepida
Hartlaub & Finsch , 1868

The Palau fan tail ( Rhipidura lepida ) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family . It is endemic to Palau .

features

The Palau fan tail is a typical member of the family with a short body and long tail. It reaches lengths of up to 18 centimeters. The crown, nape, back and top of the tail are cinnamon colored. The throat and cheeks are white and the chest is black, the wings are black with cinnamon-colored edges, and the belly is white. The underside of the tail is black with reddish tips. There is no difference in color between the sexes, but the females are slightly smaller than the males. Juveniles have a brown upper surface and dirty white throats.

Habitat and Distribution

The Palau fan tail is endemic to Palau in the Pacific . There he can be found on the islands of Babeldaob , Koror , Urukthapel , Eil Malk and Peleliu . The species lives in primary and secondary forests as well as in wooded gorges of the savannah . Occasionally it is also found in bushland and occasionally in mangrove forests .

behavior

The animals are extremely active when foraging for food, they hop and fly in search of prey under the canopy and in the undergrowth and pick them up from the air or from the vegetation, occasionally also from forks and rocks. The nest, tightly woven into forked branches, is cup-shaped with a characteristic tail-shaped appendage. Little is known about the breeding behavior. Palau fan tails are resident birds .

Systematics

The type is one of a Super species , consisting of the Tanimbarfächerschwanz ( Rhipidura opistherythra ) of the Tanimbarinseln , the Sulawesi Fächerschwanz ( Rhipidura teysmanni ) of Sulawesi , the Burufächerschwanz ( Rhipidura superflua ) of Buru and the Seramfächerschwanz ( Rhipidura dedemi ) of Ceram . The species name lepida from the first description by Gustav Hartlaub and Otto Finsch in 1868 is Latin and means "graceful".

protection

The species is classified as not endangered. It is common in its area and even appears to have increased in number.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e W. Boles: Palau Fantail (Rhipidura lepida). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie & E. de Juana (eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2019. ( Online ).

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