Rhipidura albiscapa

1 Grey Fantail at Undefined, ACT

Rhipidura albiscapa at Undefined, ACT - 19 Jan 2019
Rhipidura albiscapa at Undefined, ACT - 19 Jan 2019
Rhipidura albiscapa at Undefined, ACT - 19 Jan 2019
Rhipidura albiscapa at Undefined, ACT - 19 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Rhipidura albiscapa 21 Jan 2019 natureguy
Rhipidura albiscapa 20 Jan 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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I saw some Grey Fantails flying in their excited, circular way between a tall tree, short trees and shrubs. I think I saw four birds in the end, although I am unsure how many were adults as the only birds I was able to photograph were juveniles. I noticed a fantail land in a shrub about a metre or two away on my left. This bird appeared to be a young juvenile, possibly on the verge of fledging. This bird still had downy feathers and leapt away from branch to branch rather than flying purposely off. The other bird I photographed was a juvenile with no downy feathers on it. The bird was flying all over the place. Just after I took its photograph it flew directly at me before banking to its left just before my face, just like another similarly coloured juvenile did at Jerrabomberra Wetlands in December.

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Species information

  • Rhipidura albiscapa Scientific name
  • Grey Fantail Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1349.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 568 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa
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