Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11646179
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scientific name	Rhipidura leucophrys
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WILLIE WAGTAIL Rhipidura leucophrys View in CoL #

Local name Manggupre (Kuneff).

Range R. l. melaleuca Biak, Supiori, Rani, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Widespread and locally common, especially in and around villages, at the edges of Biak town and in lightly vegetated farmland. 6 August 2015: six on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191).

Breeding 11 January 1997: nest in a Plumeria sp. tree; 12 January 1997: nest atop a TV antenna ; 12 October 1997: nest at tip of a palm frond c. 3.5 m above a stream (SvB).