title: Bismarck fantail
text: # Bismarck fantail
  
  The Bismarck fantail (Rhipidura dahli) is a fantail native to the islands New Britain and New Ireland. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Friedrich Dahl.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  According to IOC there are 2 recognised subspecies. In alphabetical order, these are:
  
  * R. d. antonii Hartert, E, 1926
  * R. d. dahli Reichenow, 1897
  