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Southern Willie Wagtail
A Pair Attacking a Raven
Southern Willie Wagtail
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| Southern Willie Wagtail A Pair Attacking a Raven | | Southern Willie Wagtail Size | | ||
-leucophrys.JPG "Southern Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura (Sauloprocta) leucophrys ssp leucophrys)") | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
| Family: | Fantail (Rhipiduridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Southern Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura (Sauloprocta) leucophrys ssp leucophrys) | ||||
| This Photo: | Attacking a Raven | ||||
| 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. The nest was on a low slung branch of a Melaleuca lanceolata tree, ~0.5m off the ground. Unfortunately a Grey Currawong later found the nest and ate the eggs. | |||||
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