BirdUp · Species
Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryasGould, 1843
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Rhipiduridae
- Genus
- Rhipidura
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Coastal south-central New Guinea north Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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