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Gray Fantail
jmorlan

Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa bulgeri)

Fantails are usually active and restless, but here on Ile des Pins, these Gray Fantails were noticeably confiding and often posed low to the ground for photos. They are of the race R. a. bulgeri characterized by paler underparts. Other subspecies are found in Australia, Vanuatu and Norfolk Islands. Fantails are "forest flutterers," active little birds that catch flying insects at mid-canopy with flashy aerial acrobatics. Fantails were formerly included in the family Dicruridae, with the Monarchs and Drongos, but now split into their own family, Rhipiduridae ranging from Southern Asia to Australasia. Formerly lumped with the New Zealand Fantail, the Gray Fantail forms a superspecies with New Zealand and Mangrove Fantails.
Location
Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia
Date taken
23 September 2019
Scientific name
Rhipidura albiscapa bulgeri
Equipment used
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
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Opus Editor
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Fantails are sooo cute, aren't they Joe.

This is such a lovely picture you've taken of this guy - very well done laddie.
 

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