New Caledonian streaked fantail


The New Caledonian streaked fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, and the Loyalty [Islands Province|Loyalty Islands]. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Vanuatu streaked fantail and the Fiji streaked fantail with the English name "streaked fantail".

Taxonomy

The New Caledonian streaked fantail was formally described in 1870 by the French naturalist Édouard Auguste Marié under the binomial name Rhipidura verreauxi based on a specimen collected in New Caledonia. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French naturalist Jules Verreaux. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The Vanuatu streaked fantail and the Fiji streaked fantail were formerly treated as subspecies.