Pohnpei Fantail
Rhipidura kubaryi Finsch, 1876
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Pohnpei fantail (Rhipidura kubaryi) is a fantail, known as the Likepsir in Pohnpeian, which is endemic to the Pacific island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a bird commonly found in forests and at forest edges. It feeds on insects which it gathers by gleaning amongst foliage or by making short dashes while in the air.
It is a small bird (15 cm) with a long, fan-shaped tail which is often fanned or wagged. The plumage is mostly dark grey with a white eyebrow, moustache and tips to the tail feathers. The belly is white and the breast is blackish with white feather edges giving a scaly appearance.
The species is closely related to the rufous fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) but it is darker and duller in appearance with a different song and feeding behaviour.
The scientific name commemorates the Polish naturalist Jan Kubary.
Wikipedia contributors, Pohnpei fantail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:46:12.426180+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura kubaryi Finsch, 1876
- Name authority
- Finsch, 1876
- Common name
- Pohnpei Fantail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Genus
- Rhipidura
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyRhipiduridae Sundevall, 1872
- genusRhipidura Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
- speciesRhipidura kubaryi Finsch, 1876
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhipidura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black FantailRhipidura atra Salvadori, 1876 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bismarck FantailRhipidura dahli Reichenow, 1897 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streak-breasted FantailRhipidura dedemi Oort, 1911 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-capped FantailRhipidura diluta Wallace, 1864 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown FantailRhipidura drownei Mayr, 1931 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-bellied FantailRhipidura teysmanni Büttikofer, 1892 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty Thicket FantailRhipidura threnothorax S. Muller, 1843 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhipidura nigritorquis Vigors, 1831 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kadavu FantailRhipidura personata E. P. Ramsay, 1875 | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1802) | RhipiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562745 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6WSZH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.