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The white-spotted fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) belongs to the family Rhipiduridae under the order Passeriformes.
White-spotted fantail taxonomy
The Rhipiduridae is the family of small insectivorous birds. The family Rhipiduridae was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall (22 October 1801, Högestad – 2 February 1875), a Swedish zoologist, in the year 1872.The family Rhipiduridae comprises three genera, viz., the genus Rhipidura, genus Lamprolia and the genus Chaetorhynchus.
The genus Rhipidura was first introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician and Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1827.
The genus Rhipidura comprise 49 species, including Rhipidura albogularis. The species Rhipidura albogularis was first described by René Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849), a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist and herpetologist, in the year 1831.
The species Rhipidura albogularis is polytypic and comprises subspecies Rhipidura albogularis albogularis and Rhipidura albogularis vernayi.
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| Binomial name: | Rhipidura albogularis |
| Species: | R. albogularis |
| Genus: | Rhipidura |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis 330 Image by Antony Grossy |
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| 2.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Koshy Koshy |
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| 3.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Antony Grossy |
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| 4.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Tsrawal |
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| 5.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Tsrawal |
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| 6.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Antony Grossy |
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| 7.White-spotted fantail - Rhipidura albogularis Image by Vivek Puliyeri |
1.White-spotted fantail image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/atony/6965322672/ (cropped)
Author: Antony Grossy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/23/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/16551227560/ (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/23/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/atony/8029531937/ (cropped)
Author: Antony Grossy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/23/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Image author: Tsrawal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/23/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Tsrawal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/23/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/atony/8079695929/ (cropped)
Author: Antony Grossy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/23/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spot-breasted_Fantail_(Rhipidura_albogularis).jpg (cropped)
Image author: Vivek Puliyeri | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/23/18
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