Willie Wagtail

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Rhipiduridae (Fantails)

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

黑白扇尾鹟

    Size : 19–21 cm; 17–25 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Rhipidura leucophrys melaleuca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
  – Moluccas, West Papuan Is, New Guinea and islands (including Goodenough, Fergusson and Normanby, in D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago), Aru Is, Bismarck Archipelago (including Admiralty Is), Buka I, Bougainville I and Solomon Is.
• Rhipidura leucophrys picata (Gould, 1848)
  – N quarter of Australia from Kimberley (in Western Australia) and N half of Northern Territory E to N Queensland.
• Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys (Latham, 1801)
  – S three-quarters of mainland Australia, including Kangaroo I.

Rhipidura leucophrys ssp. melaleuca
Date : 03 September 2018

Location : AFU Dive Resort, Distrik Waigeo Selatan, Kabupaten Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia