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