Sooty thicket fantail

The sooty thicket fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea.

Habitats and behavior

The majority of fantails are strong fliers, and some species can undertake long migrations, but sooty thicket fantail as well as the other thicket fantails are very weak fliers, and need to alight regularly.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

According to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies. In alphabetical order, these are:

R. t. fumosa Schlegel, 1871 — Yapen R. t. threnothorax Müller, S, 1843 — Raja Ampat Islands, Aru Islands and New Guinea