Species profile
Black Thicket-fantail
Rhipidura maculipectus
Quick answer
Lowlands of New Guinea, Aru, Batanta and Salawati islands
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura maculipectus
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Rhipidura
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Thicket-fantail in your journal
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