Species profile
Mussau Fantail
Rhipidura matthiae
Quick answer
Mussau (St. Matthias group, northern Bismarck Archipelago)
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura matthiae
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Rhipidura
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Mussau Fantail in your journal
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Related species in Rhipiduridae
- Arafura Fantail (Rhipidura dryas)
- Banda Fantail (Rhipidura hoedti)
- Biak Fantail (Rhipidura kordensis)
- Bismarck Fantail (Rhipidura dahli)
- Black Fantail (Rhipidura atra)
- Black Thicket-fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus)
- Black-and-cinnamon Fantail (Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea)
- Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps)