Northern Fantail

Rhipidura rufiventris isura ‡

Feathers&Friends, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_9959 20201025. CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Large head, tiny eyebrows; dark grey upper, white streaks on grey breast. Brow mark,
buff body. Outer tail feathers edged white; long white undertail panels for our ssp isura, shorter
for gularis in N Torres Strait; white undertail coverts. Rarely fans tail. Grey Fantail much smaller,
w. smaller head & tiny bill, white tips to most tail feathers; much busier than Northern.
In denser vegetation, monsoon forests, paperbarks.

Range from Morcombe©(modified)