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new zealand fantail

  1. New Zealand Fantail 02.jpg

    New Zealand Fantail 02.jpg

    Still haven't managed a shot with the tail fanned LOL, but this one did let me get a bit closer than the last one. Oh, and I also had the long lens in hand this time.
    • Fowl Mouth
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    • new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    Endemic, North Island subspecies
    • peterday
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    • new zealand new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis turangi
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. South Island Fantail

    South Island Fantail

    in VLLC (very low light conditions)
    • craigwilson
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    • new zealand new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Fantail

    Fantail

    a rare still moment
    • craigwilson
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    • new zealand new zealand fantail pelorus sound rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. New Zealand Fantail 'fuliginosa'

    New Zealand Fantail 'fuliginosa'

    A fluffy little fellow in NZ
    • Wiganlad
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    • fox glacier new zealand new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  6. Farewell, NZ. I'm a fan!

    Farewell, NZ. I'm a fan!

    and I hope to come back some day. One last highlight from my last day in NZ was this NZ Fantail showing how it got its name |=)| Now it's off to bed. Have to be up early tomorrow. I'll click to post these in the wee hours if I wake up at night, or in the morning if not. And then next set of...
    • Doc Duck
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    • mangere new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. Calling all lady fantails!

    Calling all lady fantails!

    I'm going to hurry things along for the next two days of the trip. Had to make it back to Auckland in time for the day trip I'd booked out to Tiritiri Matangi Island, so I drove pretty steadily. Stopped for the night in Taupo and went for a walk along the river the next morning. The river there...
    • Doc Duck
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    • new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa taupo
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. My first New Zealand Fantail

    My first New Zealand Fantail

    I got better shots of some towards the end of the trip, but was quite happy with this one already on my first day. He was zipping around that tree pretty actively, so it took some persistence to get a shot of him in the clear and fairly close, especially since I was using my slower-focusing (but...
    • Doc Duck
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    • auckland botanic garden new zealand new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    • Clive Griffin
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    • bay of islands new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  10. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    Saw this fantail in amongst the branches of a willow tree during the autumn, while walking in the Reserve.
    • Majajo4
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    • new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    This bird is of the nominate (South Island) race. The fantail is about the size of a house sparrow 16 cm., including long fanned tail, 8g. His distinct multicolour coat is made up of a dark olive brown covering his head and back, a white tail, a yellow stomach and white splashes on his neck and...
    • Layzeboy
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    • dark morph lake brunner - westcoast new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  12. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    After seeing the fantail of mehdhalaouate I saw that there was no New Zealand Fantail in the database. So you can see the differences
    • janha
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    • new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa tiritiri matangi
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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