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Photo by julien
Raymond Island, Victoria, Australia, July 2006

Rhipidura albiscapa

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

Sometimes considered conspecific with New Zealand Fantail.

[edit] Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies^[1]:

• R. a. bulgeri:

• New Caledonia and Lifou Island

• R. a. brenchleyi:

• Vanuatu and Banks Islands; San Cristóbal (souther Solomon Islands)

• R. a. keasti:

• North-eastern Queensland (Cooktown to Clarke Range)

• R. a. pelzelni:

• Norfolk Island

• R. a. alisteri:

• South-central Queensland to southern Victoria and Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

• R. a. albiscapa:

• Tasmania, King and Flinders Islands (Bass Strait); winters to north

• R. a. preissi:

• South-west Western Australia; winters to north

• R. a. albicauda:

• Interior of south-central Western Australia and southern Northern Territory

[edit] Habitat

Occasionally visits densely-planted urban gardens, particularly during the winter migration. Often makes use of eucalypt trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

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