Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris· 扇尾鹟科(3 photos)
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Northern Fantail
16.5-18.5 cm. Flycatcher-like: head larger, bill longer, broader than Grey Fantail; tail shorter, less fanned, edged/tipped white; lacks white shafts. Broad grey breastband streaked paler. Immature: browner, with buffish tips to feathers. Singles, pairs: actions subdued; watches from exposed branches, sallies after flying insects.
- Voice
- short, metallic 'chip'; tinkling song.
- Habitat
- margins of rainforest, vine-scrub, monsoon forest; paperbarks, riverside vegetation, mangroves, open eucalypt forest/woodland.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Dec.
- Nest
- larger, untidier than Grey; on slender fork, 1-6 m, occasionally 20 m high.
- Eggs
- 1-2; creamy-white; with zone of brown, underlying blue-grey spots.
- Range & Status
- from c. Broome (WA) to c. Proserpine-Eungella NP (Q). Inland to c. Larrimah (NT), Riversleigh (Q). Sedentary; local nomad. Also Solomon Is., Bismarck Arch., PNG, e. Indonesia.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Rhipidura rufiventris isura 2. Rhipidura rufiventris gularis
