Cockerell's Fantail

The Cockerell's Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

The Cockerell's Fantail is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

of New Guinea and the Cockerell's Fantail of the Solomon Islands, which have a more upright posture reminiscent of the monarch flycatchers. The wings of fantails are tapered and have sacrificed speed for agility, making fantails highly efficient at catching insect prey. Overall the fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but the thicket-fantails (Sooty Thicket-fantail, White-bellied Thicket-fantail and Black Thicket-fantail) are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly. More

The Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Rhipidura cockerelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

Cockerell's fantail of the Solomon Islands; dusky fantail of San Christobal, Solomon Islands; and Matthias fantail of the Mussau, Bismarck Archipelago. The possible cause is the high number of logging operations throughout these species' range. The threat to the rarer, harder-to-observe species in remote locations remains difficult to determine. Small populations may be threatened by introduced species or the alteration of their habitat. More

of New Guinea and the Cockerell's Fantail of the Solomon Islands, which have a more upright posture reminiscent of the monarch flycatchers. Showing 1 to 4 of 4 Articles matching 'fantail' in related articles. Pages: 1 1. More

Cockerell's Fantail The Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. See more at Wikipedia.org... More