Southern Willie Wagtail
Nest
Ellura
Southern Willie Wagtail
Juvenile
 
                      
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:     🔍Eggs🔎
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.

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-Sep-2014
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)