The Peleng fantail (Rhipidura habibiei) is a fantail endemic to the mountainous areas of Peleng island in Indonesia. It can be distinguished from other species of fantail by the black scaling below its black breast patch, bright white throat, and distinct courtship vocalization. It was described in 2020 alongside 9 other new species and subspecies of birds endemic to islands in Wallacea. All of them were discovered in surveys during 2009 and 2013, the largest discovery of its kind in over a century. It may be potentially threatened by deforestation and climate change-fueled wildfires.[1][2][3][4]
| Peleng fantail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Genus: | Rhipidura |
| Species: | R. habibiei
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidura habibiei Rheindt et al., 2020
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References
edit- ^ Rheindt, Frank E.; Prawiradilaga, Dewi M.; Ashari, Hidayat; Suparno; Gwee, Chyi Yin; Lee, Geraldine W. X.; Wu, Meng Yue; Ng, Nathaniel S. R. (2020-01-10). "A lost world in Wallacea: Description of a montane archipelagic avifauna". Science. 367 (6474): 167–170. doi:10.1126/science.aax2146. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 31919216.
- ^ Greenfield, Patrick (2020-01-09). "Flycatchers and fantails: new songbirds discovered on tiny islands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ Liverpool, Layal. "Scientists have discovered five new species of songbird in Indonesia". New Scientist. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ "10 new birds discovered in 'lost world'". Animals. 2020-01-09. Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-19.