Long-tailed fantail

Long-tailed fantail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: R. opistherythra
Binomial name
Rhipidura opistherythra
Sclater, 1883

The long-tailed fantail (Rhipidura opistherythra) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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