1 Grey Fantail at Denman Prospect, ACT
Identification history
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 11 Jan 2021 | Illilanga | ||
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 10 Jan 2021 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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I saw a Grey Fantail moving around the branches making a nest. I was surprised that the nest was only about one metre off the ground, not very high in an area where I assumed there may be feral cats and at least foxes. I also only saw one bird. I had the bird under observation for at least ten minutes, in which time I believed that it visited the nest at least three times. It did not fly far to gather material from the Stringybark trees, because I could hear it calling as it moved around the area, and I am certain that I only ever heard one bird. It would land on a branch about 1.5 metres above the next, call, then fly down to the nest where it would add the material to the nest. It would then circle around within the nest, appearing to adjust the nest both inside and outside. Sometimes it would appear low in the nest, at other times high. It would circle around a few times, before jumping onto the branch supporting the nest, and flying off to gather more material. I was not far from the nest, and very obvious yet the bird did not seem worried by my presence.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.018777-35.294990
- Altitude 620.5m
- Maps Piney Ridge Block 402
- Places Denman Prospect, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2021 10:29 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
Additional information
- True Nesting site
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa
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