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Like other fantails, black thicket ones are [[Entomophagy|entomophages]]. They are feeding usually within 1-2 meters from the ground. They are catching insects on the fly, by horizontal throws from a low perch.{{sfn|New Guinea Birds online}} |
Like other fantails, black thicket ones are [[Entomophagy|entomophages]]. They are feeding usually within 1-2 meters from the ground. They are catching insects on the fly, by horizontal throws from a low perch.{{sfn|New Guinea Birds online}} |
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The voice is a rising, ringing, metallic song followed by a «wee-chuv!».{{sfn|eBird}} |
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Revision as of 20:05, 17 March 2022
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Genus: | Rhipidura |
| Species: | R. maculipectus
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| Rhipidura maculipectus Gray, 1858
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The black thicket fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. This species is one of 47 in the genus Rhipidura.
Habitats and behavior
The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but black thicket fantail as well as the other thicket fantails (sooty thicket fantail and white-bellied thicket fantail) are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly.
The birds of this species are very secretive and it is rather difficult to notice them.[2] Their natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Like other fantails, black thicket ones are entomophages. They are feeding usually within 1-2 meters from the ground. They are catching insects on the fly, by horizontal throws from a low perch.[3]
The voice is a rising, ringing, metallic song followed by a «wee-chuv!».[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhipidura maculipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706826A94092564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706826A94092564.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b eBird.
- ^ New Guinea Birds online.
External links
- Rhipidura maculipectus on BirdLife International
- Rhipidura maculipectus on BioLib.cz
- Black thicket fantail Rhipidura maculipectus Gray, GR, 1858 at «xeno-canto» website — Birds' Voices all over the world
- Tvardikova K. (2022). "Rhipidura maculipectus Gray, GR, 1858". New Guinea Birds online. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- "Black Thicket-Fantail Rhipidura maculipectus". Ebird: photos, description, range map.