Fantails

Fantails

Fantails  (Family: Rhipiduridae) These are small, active insectivores, with a conspicuous broadly fan-shaped tail. None of the five species recorded in Australia are endemic. The Lord Howe Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina is listed as extinct. The Willie...
Willie Wagtail

Willie Wagtail

Willie Wagtail Chicks in nest Scientific Name: Rhipidura leucophrys Size: 18.5 to 21.5 cm. What does it look and sound like? The Willie Wagtail is the largest, and perhaps most well-known, of the Australian fantails.  The plumage is generally black above with a white...

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