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Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryasGould, 1843
Updated
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Genus
- Rhipidura
At a glance
The Arafura Fantail, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Arafura fantail, sometimes known as the wood fantail, inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands, the northern coast of Australia from the Kimberley to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula, including subcoastally in the Top End of the Northern Territory, and southern New Guinea. It is similar to the rufous fantail, from which it has been split taxonomically but, apart from minor overlap in the eastern Moluccas, their geographic ranges are discrete. It is generally duller than the rufous fantail with the rufous colouration more restricted.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Arafura Fantail?
The Arafura Fantail is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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