![]() | Grey Fantail Adult | European Common Starling Male, profile, Breeding | ![]() | |||
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Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||||||||||||
Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | |||||||||||||
Family: | Fantail (Rhipiduridae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
Species: | Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)This Photo: | Adult | Thank you Andrew Allen 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 A great chirpy character. Smaller than Willie Wagtail, with a black "bow-tie" and a fawn breast. The breast colour varies from white to pale apricot. Has a white brow and chin. Listed in Morcombe's as Rhipidura fuliginosa, but there's either an error or it's a change and so a synonym.
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