Bougainville Fantail

Rhipidura drownei

The Bougainville fantail, formerly the brown fantail, is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic of Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Guadalcanal fantail.

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