PIED FANTAIL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 825)                PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

CAMBODIA                   11       

Found in coastal woodland habitats, from mangroves and forest edges to scrubs and rural gardens. 18 cm. Range: south-east Asia: widespread and common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

FANTAIL

Photographed at Shakespear Regional Park, June 2017

1188                FANTAIL               Rhipidura fuliginosa 

NEW ZEALAND               22

An abundant native throughout New Zealand. 16 cm. Found in forest, scrub, farmland with hedges and shelter belts, river margins, parks and gardens.

WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1167               WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL            Rhipidura albicollis

MALAYSIA                81

Confined to lower montane forest, usually from c. 850 m upwards into upper montane forest as high as 2,070 m. 19 cm. Resident from the W Himalayas to S China and Southeast Asia as far as Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL

Subspecies compressirostris, March 2017

1098               WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL            Rhipidura aureola

SRI LANKA            116

Found in forest to open wooded areas and adjoining home gardens. 18 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands; locally in wet lowlands and up to mid hills.

YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal March 2017\

978                  YELLOW BELLIED FANTAIL             Chelidorhynx hypoxantha

NEPAL             23

Locally common resident; found in the north during summer and the south during winter. 13 cm. Likes broadleaf and coniferous forests and shrubberies above treelike. 

MALAYSIAN PIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

892                 MALAYSIAN PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

SINGAPORE               (32)

Common resident of mangroves, old plantations, forest edge, secondary scrub and occasionally parkland, usually near water (i.e. ponds and abandoned quarries). 18 cm. Mainland Southeast Aia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java.

PIED FANTAIL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016

(825)                PIED FANTAIL              Rhipidura javanica

INDONESIA (Bali)         (31)        

Found in coastal woodland habitats, from mangroves and forest edges to scrubs and rural gardens. 18 cm. Range: south-east Asia: widespread and common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali.

ARAFURA FANTAIL

Photographed at Adel's Grove, Lawn Hill, Queensland October 2015

724            ARAFURA FANTAIL               Rhipidura dryas

Australia           (566)

Also known as Wood Fantail. Similar to the Rufous but now a species on its own. Found in mangroves, riverine forests of melaleuca, pandanus; monsoon rainforest and vine thickets. 16 cm, wingspan to c. 21 cm. Range: Banda-Arafura Arch. -Lesser Sunda Is., s. New Guinea and n. Aust. Coastal n. Aust. from Yampi Sound (WA) to w. Cape York, n. to Aurukun (Q). Sedentary.

Darwin, January 2024

RUFOUS FANTAIL

Photographed at Eagleby Wetlands, Brisbane August 2015.

639          RUFOUS FANTAIL           Rhipidura rufifrons

Australia          (482)

15-16.5 cm. Found in the undergrowth of rainforests/wetter eucalypt forests/gullies; monsoon forests, paperbarks, sub-inland and coastal scrubs; mangroves, watercourses; parks, gardens. On migration, farms, streets, buildings. Range: coastal n. and e. Aust., and islands. Breeding migrant (Oct-April) to se Aust., mostly on and coastward of Gt Divide, w. to Grampians NP-sw Vic.; casual w. to Mt Lofty Ras.; vagrant Tas. Extends well inland in river red gum forests of Murray Valley/Riverina-Hay-Dubbo (NSW); Darling Downs (Q). Altitudinal migrant in ne. NSW -e. Q. leaving mountain rainforests March-April, returning Sept.-Oct. Regular autumn-winter migrant to PNG across Torres Strait. Also resident Soloman Is., PNG, e. Indonesia, Guam.             

NORTHERN FANTAIL

Photographed at Mornington Sanctuary, Kimberley, Western Australia, May 2015

613           NORTHERN FANTAIL         Rhipidura rufiventris

Australia        (456)

16.5-18.5 cm. Found on margins of rainforests, vine scrub, monsoon forest; paperbarks, riverside vegetation, mangroves, open eucalypt forest/woodland. range: from Broome (WA) to c. Proserpine-Eungella NP (Q). Inland to c. Larrimah (NT), Riversleigh (Q). Local nomad. Also Soloman Is, Bismarch Arch., PNG, e. Indonesia.

MANGROVE GREY FANTAIL

Photographed at New Beach, Western Australia April 2015

581              MANGROVE GREY FANTAIL            Rhipidura phasiana

Australia        (424)          

14.5-16 cm. Resident in n. coastal mangroves from Shark Bay (WA) to Norman R., (Q).      

GREY FANTAIL

144        GREY FANTAIL           Rhipidura albiscapa

Australia      (144)

14-17 cm. Found all across Australia and Tasmania except in most arid areas. Habitat includes coastal/inland scrub, mangroves, rain forests, forests/woodlands, watercourses, orchards and parks.

Subspecies albicauda, photographed near Alice Springs, NT May 2016

Subspecies albicauda, photographed Tasmania February 2017

WILLIE WAGTAIL

51    WILLIE WAGTAIL     Rhipidura leucophrys

Australia     (51)

Also known as Black-and-white Fantail. 19-22 cms. Widespread on mainland and northern half of Tasmania. Found in most habitats except dense forests.

Willie Wagtail on nest at Bowra Station, Queensland September 2015.