Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Corvoidea
Familia: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: Rhipidura dryas
Subspecies: R. d. celebensis - R. d. dryas - R. d. elegantula - R. d. hamadryas - R. d. henrici - R. d. mimosae - R. d. reichenowi - R. d. semicollaris - R. d. squamata - R. d. streptophora - R. d. sumbensis
Name
Rhipidura dryas Gould, 1843
Vernacular names
English: Arafura Fantail
español: Abanico de Arafura
Nederlands: Arafurawaaierstaart
پنجابی: ارافورا پکھی پوچھل
svenska: Arafurasolfjäderstjärt
The Arafura fantail (Rhipidura dryas), sometimes known as the wood fantail, inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands, the northern coast of Australia from the Kimberley to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula, including subcoastally in the Top End of the Northern Territory, and southern New Guinea. It is similar to the rufous fantail, from which it has been split taxonomically but, apart from minor overlap in the eastern Moluccas, their geographic ranges are discrete. It is generally duller than the rufous fantail with the rufous colouration more restricted.[1][2]
Subspecies
According to IOC there are 11 recognised subspecies. In taxonomic order, these are:[3]
R. d. celebensis Büttikofer, 1892 - Tanahjampea and Kalao
R. d. mimosae Meise, 1929 - Kalaotoa
R. d. sumbensis Hartert, E, 1896 - Sumba and Sawu
R. d. semicollaris Müller, S, 1843 - Flores east to Timor and Wetar
R. d. elegantula Sharpe, 1879 - eastern Lesser Sundas
R. d. reichenowi Finsch, 1901 - Babar Islands
R. d. hamadryas Sclater, PL, 1883 - Tanimbar Islands
R. d. squamata Müller, S, 1843 - north-central and southwestern Moluccas, Raja Ampat and Babi islands
R. d. henrici Hartert, E, 1918 - Seram, Kai Islands, Aru Islands
R. d. streptophora Ogilvie-Grant, 1911- coastal south-central New Guinea
R. d. dryas Gould, 1843 - coastal northwestern and north-central Australia
Habitat
The species is typically found in mangroves and other coastal woodland, alongside primary and secondary low-level forest. The species tolerates a wide altitudinal range, from near sea level to around 2000 metres in the Timor part of its range.[4]
Related species
R. rufidorsa
R. brachyrhyncha
R. dahli
R. teysmanni
R. dryas
R.rufifrons
Consensus phylogeny tree of a clade within the fantails (Rhipiduridae) according to Nyári et al. (2009)[5]
It is one of over 40 member species of the genus Rhipidura, commonly known as the fantails. Within the genus it belongs to a group of five closely related species: R. rufidorsa, R. brachyrhyncha, R. dahli, R. teysmanni and R. rufifrons. A molecular phylogeny study showed the Rufous fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) to be its closest relative.[5]
It forms a superspecies with R. rufifrons and R. semirubra, and all three are often considered conspecific. All are part of a larger species group that also includes R. teysmanni, R. superflua, R. dedemi, R. opistherythra, R. lepida, R. rufidorsa, R. dahli, R. matthiae and R. malaitae.[6]
References
Schodde, R.; & Mason, I.J. (1999). The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-06456-7
Christidis, Les; & Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6
"Orioles, drongos, fantails – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
Boles, Walter. "Arafura Fantail". Birds of the World. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
Nyári, Árpád S; Benz, Brett W.; Jønsson, Knud A.; Fjeldså, Jon; Moyle, Robert G. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships of fantails (Aves: Rhipiduridae)". Zoologica Scripta. 38 (6): 553–561. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00397.x. S2CID 84865515.
Mayr, Erynst; Moynihan, Martin (1946). "Evolution in the Rhipidura ruffifrons group". American Museum Novitates (1321): 1–21. hdl:2246/4445.
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