Black thicket fantail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhipiduridae |
Genus: | Rhipidura |
Species: | R. maculipectus |
Binomial name | |
Rhipidura maculipectus Gray, 1858 |
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.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.