Tawny-backed fantail

Tawny-backed fantail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: R. superflua
Binomial name
Rhipidura superflua
Hartert, 1899

The tawny-backed fantail (Rhipidura superflua), also known as the cinnamon-backed fantail, is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the southern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The species occupies an area of larger than 20,000 kmĀ² and has a stable population of above 10,000, and thus is not considered as threatened.[1]

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