Makira Fantail (Rhipidura tenebrosa)
About the Makira Fantail
The Makira fantail or dusky fantail (Rhipidura tenebrosa) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Makira fantail (R. tenebrosa) forms a superspecies with: Brown fantail (R. drownei) Rennell fantail (R. rennelliana) Streaked fantail (R. verreauxi) Kadavu fantail (R. personata) Samoan fantail (R. nebulosa).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanicarecording
- Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquisrecording
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureolarecording
- Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.