Fiji streaked fantail

The Fiji streaked fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the islands of Fiji. It was formerly considered to be subspecies of the streaked fantail. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

The binomial name Rhipidura layardi was introduced in 1877 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori as a replacement name for Rhipidura albogularis. This earlier name had been introduced by the naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard in 1875 based on a specimen collected on the island of Ovalau in the Fiji islands. The specific epithet albogulari was preoccupied as it had been used in 1831 in the combination Muscicapa albogularis by the French naturalist René Lesson for the white-spotted fantail.
Three subspecies are recognised:R. l. rufilateralis Sharpe, 1879 – Taveuni R. l. layardi Salvadori, 1877 – Viti Levu and Ovalau R. l. erythronota Sharpe, 1879 – Vanua Levu and Yanganga