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Species
Rhipidura rufidorsa Meyer, AB, 1874
Nomenclature
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Family: RhipiduridaeGenus: Rhipidura
Species:
Rhipidura rufidorsa Meyer, AB, 1874
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Rufous-backed Fantail, Chestnut-backed Fantail, Grey-breasted Rufous
Fantail
SUMMARY
Crown and nape grey, side of head buffy to greyish, upperparts rufous, remiges greyish-brown, edged with rufous, wing-coverts rufous, tail greyish, becaming rufous towards base, restrices tipped white, narrowly on central pair, broadly on others, throat whitish, upperparts motted grey and buff, belly and undertail –coverts buffy white, flanks buffier, iris darka brow, bill brown to pinkish-brown, darker above, paler below, legs brown to grey. Sexes alike, juvenile is like adult, but tail shorter. Kumusi is brighter, Kubuna is duller and paler.