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New Zealand Fantail

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Rhipidura fuliginosa

Photo by Ornitho26
Location: Rotorua, New Zealand.

Photo by: Gary Clark
Location: Mt. Bruce Sanctuary, North Island, New Zealand.

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 External Links

[edit] Identification

Dark olive brown head and back, white tail, yellow stomach and white splashes on neck and above the eye.

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forest and bushland.

[edit] Behaviour

Often fans tail broadly, and does a little dance on the forest floor. A compact, cup shaped nest out of fibres, moss and bark with an internal lining is made of cobwebs is built. Incubation takes 15 days. Four or five broods are common.

Diet includes mainly insects but also fruit and berries.