Grey Fantail

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Rhipidura albiscapa

Small bird (14-17 cm). Grey plumage above and off-white underneath. White eyebrow and throat. Also white at the tips of all but the middle two tail feathers.

Details
Type
Bird
Group
Animals
Fantail
Biology

Breeds from July through to March but most often between August and December. Both sexes build a wineglass-shaped nest in the fork of a tree, 1-7 m above the ground. Incubation is performed by both sexes for 14-15 days. Both sexes feed the young.
Distinctive Markings

Constantly fanned tail.
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Rhipiduridae
Genus
Rhipidura
Species
albiscapa
Found throughout Australia.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Grey fantails are constantly moving fanning their tail.

Interesting Facts
Diet

Carnivore. Flying insects.
Habitat

Occupies most treed habitats
Native Status
Native to Australia
Audio
Sounds
Squeaky sounds "twitch - twitchit, tsweeit - tseet, chit - twit, tswit - chat tsweeit" . A mixture of higher and lower sounds.