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The Australian rufous fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) is a small passerine bird, [2] most commonly known also as the black-breasted rufous-fantail or rufous-fronted fantail, which can be found in Australia. Characteristic of species that have a large range, the Australian rufous fantail has many subspecies.
Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "fantails", but the Australian willie wagtail is a little larger, and, though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing ...
The Solomons rufous fantail was formally described in 1879 by the Australian ornithologist Edward Pierson Ramsay based on a specimen that had been collected by James F. Cockerell on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Ramsay coined the binomial name Rhissidura rufofronta (with the genus name Rhipidura misspelled).
Rufous fantail: Rhipidura rufifrons: Arafura fantail: Rhipidura dryas: Grey fantail: Rhipidura albiscapa: includes the Norfolk fantail R. a. pelzeni, which may be a subspecies of R. fuliginosa: Mangrove fantail: Rhipidura phasiana: New Zealand fantail: Rhipidura fuliginosa: extirpated, Lord Howe Island; surviving Norfolk birds may be this species
The Micronesian rufous fantail (Rhipidura versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the Mariana Islands and the island of Yap in Micronesia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Australian rufous fantail ( Rhipidura rufifrons ).
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Australian king parrot; Australian logrunner; Australian magpie; Australian masked owl; Australian owlet-nightjar; Australian painted-snipe; Australian pelican; Australian pied cormorant; Australian pipit; Australian pratincole; Australian raven; Australian reed warbler; Australian ringneck; Australian rufous fantail; Australian shelduck ...
The Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging Sydney residents to carefully collect funnel-web spiders and their eggs so they can be used to make life-saving antivenom.