Kadavu Fantail
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Fantails and Silktails

Kadavu Fantail

Rhipidura personata

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Fiji
Family
Fantails and Silktails (Rhipiduridae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Kadavu fantail (Rhipidura personata) is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae.
It is endemic to Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu archipelago, in southern Fiji. It is closely related to the streaked fantail of the rest of Fiji, and forms a superspecies with the numerous island species of fantail ranging from the Solomon Islands (the brown fantail) to Samoa (the Samoan fantail).
The Kadavu fantail is restricted to tropical moist lowland forests, where it feeds by flycatching for insects.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Kadavu (southwestern Fiji).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.