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Pohnpei Fantail - BirdForum Opus

Rhipidura kubaryi

Identification

15cm. Tail is long and fan shaped when spread. It is mainly dark grey and has a white eyebrow, moustache and the tail feathers are tipped with white. Its belly is white, the breast is black with white feather edges.

It is closely related to the Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) but it is darker and duller in appearance with a different song and feeding behaviour.

Distribution

The Pacific island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

It feeds on insects which it gathers amongst foliage.

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