Rhipidura albiscapa

2 Grey Fantail at Fyshwick, ACT

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Identification history

	Rhipidura albiscapa	1 Jan 2019	natureguy
	Rhipidura albiscapa	31 Dec 2018	JonSteinbeck

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Even for a fantail its flight was high energy. It was wheeling all over the place, doing circuits between the trees and shrubs as well as flying loops out and back to trees. I had no idea what it was doing when it flew at me, before flying in a circular pattern around my head. I do not think it was trying to warn me off, as it only did it once, and I stayed in one place. I believe it was just practicing its flying and I happened to be a good obstacle to fly around.

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Dherrmann wrote:

11 Feb 2019

My grand daughter (14 months old) and I spotted Grey Fantails this week. It took some time before we could catch sight of them. Three turned up flitting through our mulberry tree. Suddenly one flew straight for us, at the last seconds, darts away. Showing us its flight skills. We watched them for ages. Darting and calling from the bottlebrush tree and back to the mulberry tree. They were very entertaining! Their dancing, flaired tails and wonderful calls. We were enthralled! !

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Location information

Coordinates 149.163195 -35.315483
Altitude 567.6m
Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
Places Fyshwick, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Dec 2018 08:36 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds

Species information

Rhipidura albiscapa Scientific name
Grey Fantail Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1349.7m Recorded at altitude
776 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa

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