Willie Wagtail
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Willie Wagtail
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Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Fantail (Rhipiduridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
This Photo:     Juvenile
Other name: Willy Wagtail

Thank you Reiner Richter, Andrew Allen & Jenny (8593) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
Cheeky.
White brow, faint white cheek line, jet-black head, with wing colour trailing to dark brown.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Nov-2013
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)