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Rufous Fantail

(Rhipidura rufifrons)
Alternative name: "Wood Fantail", "Rufous Flycatcher", "Rufous-fronted Fantail"
Size: 14-16 cm; wing span 18-22 cm
Weight: 10 g (average)
SUBSECTIONS:      Classification      Distribution      Sightings      Photos      Breeding      Nest      Eggs      Behaviour      Food     

Taxonomy, classification

See Rufous Fantail at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

 (for details refer to a field guide)

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Sightings

Rufous Fantails, race "rufifrons", are very rare in the area where we live, near Narrabri, NSW. So far we have not seen one in this area yet, but had to go to the east coast to find them.

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Photos

Race "rufifrons"

Lateral view of a Rufous Fantail
[Dorrigo NP, NSW, January 2011]

Here the Rufous Fantail is seen fanning not only its tail, but also its wings
[Dorrigo NP, NSW, January 2011]

Lateral view of a Rufous Fantail; photo courtesy of C. Kellenberg
[Gibraltar Range NP, NSW, January 2009]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial Mobility: Dispersive/migratory Elementary unit: Solitary/pair

Food, Diet

Like all other members of the Rhipidura family known to us, Rufous Fantails are insect hunters.

These pages are largely based on our own observations. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.