Northern Fantail
Photo · (c) Lachlan Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

BirdUp · Species

Northern Fantail

Rhipidura rufiventris(Vieillot, 1818)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The northern fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea, Timor, and northern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Widespread, east Lesser Sundas, Moluccas, New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and north Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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