Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1801)

Callaghan, Corey T., Kekeubata, Esau, Waneagea, Jackson, Alabai, Maasafi, Esau, Tommy, MacLaren, David & Major, Richard E., 2019, A collaborative bird survey of East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1119-1136 : 1132

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.6.1119

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scientific name

Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1801)
status

 

Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1801) View in CoL . Rufous Fantail

Abundant in highlands, but absent in lowlands, observed only above 850 m elevation. One of the most common passerines observed in and around the Kwainaa’isi Cultural Centre. Subspecies brunnea. Identification: Table 1.; Fig. 4F. Voucher registration number(s): O.78237 (skin); O.78249 (skin); O.78256 (skin); O.78269 (blood); O.78270 (blood); O.78271 (blood); O.78276 (blood); O.78282 (blood).

Monarcha castaneiventris J Verreaux, 1858 . Chestnutbellied Monarch

Common at all elevations and associated with a number of different habitats (e.g., mangroves, montane for- est, secondary forest). Identification: Table 1.; Fig. 5G. Voucher registration number(s): O.78242 (skin).

Symposiachrus barbatus (Gould, 1850) . Black-andwhite Monarch

Uncommon, from above 600 m elevation. Subspecies malaitae . Identification: Fig. 5H. Voucher registration number(s): O.78236 (skin); O.78254 (skin); O.78263 (skin); O.78272 (blood); O.78275 (blood); O.78278 (blood).

Myiagra ferrocyanea (E.P. Ramsay, 1879) . Steel-blue Flycatcher

Common from above 400 m elevation. Most numerous above 800 m elevation. Found in secondary and mature forest habitats. Subspecies malaitae . Identifica- tion: Table 1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Rhipiduridae

Genus

Rhipidura

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