Rhipidure de Peleng Rhipidura habibiei

Only discovered in the early 2010s, this fantail is restricted to montane and foothill forests between 750 and 1,020 meters on western Peleng, off the coast of Sulawesi. A typical “Rufous-type” fantail, with a neat white throat, black “bib”, orange forehead, and long black-and-orange tail. Behavior still poorly known, but presumably an active forager like others in its genus. Song is a distinctive series of tunefully descending pure-sounding whistles: “dee-doo-dee-doodee.” Call is a hard “cheep” note.