Gilolo fantail explained

The Gilolo fantail (Rhipidura torrida) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the northern Maluku Islands from Halmahera south to the Obi. The English "Gilolo" is an earlier name for Halmahera. The Gilolo fantail was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Australian rufous fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons).

Taxonomy

The Gilolo fantail was formally described and illustrated in 1865 by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace based on a specimen collected on the summit of the Gamalama volcano on Ternate in the Maluku Islands. He placed it with the other fantails in the genus Rhipidura and coined the binomial name Rhipidura torrida.^{[1] [2]} The specific epithet is from Latin meaning "scorched", "torrid" or "burning".^[3] The Gilolo fantail was formerly considered as a subspecies of the rufous fantail (now the Australian rufous fantail) (Rhipidura rufifrons) but is now treated as a separate species based on differences in the plumage, voice and genetics.^{[4] [5]} The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Wallace . Alfred Russel . Alfred Russel Wallace . 1865 . Descriptions of new birds from the Malayan Archipelago . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 474–481 [477, Plate 28] .
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 554 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 388 .
4. Klicka . L.B. . Campillo . L.C. . Manthey . J.D. . Andersen . M.J. . Dumbacher . J.P. . Filardi . C.E. . Joseph . L. . Uy . J.A.C. . Weidemann . D.E. . Moyle . R.G. . 2023 . Genomic and geographic diversification of a 'great-speciator' (Rhipidura rufifrons) . Ornithology . 140 . 1 . ukac049 . 10.1093/ornithology/ukac049 . free .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . December 2023 . Orioles, drongos, fantails . IOC World Bird List Version 14.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 20 January 2024.