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NORTHERN FANTAIL FACTS |
Description
Grey flycatcher, with a yellowish belly, white throat and a small eyebrow. Long grey fan tail with white outer margins. Tail held straighter and less fanned than the Grey Fantail. Whiskers around base of bill.
Common, usually seen alone or in pairs. Resident. Eats insects, mostly taking them in the air while in flight. Reproduction probably occurs in the late dry and wet seasons. Nest cup-shaped with a dangling tail, made mostly from bark strips bound together with spider web, in a bush or tree. Eggs are whitish, with brownish or grey spots. Clutch size 1-3.
Author credit: Lindley McKay
Habitat
Forests, particularly in the vicinity of water.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Northern Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Monarchidae | | Genus: | Rhipidura | | Species: | rufiventris | | Common Name: | Northern Fantail |
Relatives in same Genus
Grey Fantail (R. albiscapa)
Willie Wagtail (R. leucophrys)
Rufous Fantail (R. rufifrons)
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