Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 18,894
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The grey fantail is a small insectivorous bird. There is no sexual dimorphism. It is a common fantail found in Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The species is considered by many to be conspecific with the New Zealand fantail ; however, differences in its calls lead some authorities to treat it as a separate species. The studies of grey fantail in 1999 by Richard Schodde and Ian Mason recommended that Tasmanian grey fantail was formally classified as R. albiscapa and New Zealand fantails populations as R. fuliginosa
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Grey fantail”.