Mangrove Fantail
Rhipidura phasiana ‡
Crab Creek, Roebuck Bay, NW WA IMG_1838 20180907. CLICK for another view.
Notes: Like the darker Grey
Fantail ssp alisteri but tail has white outer edge, white tips to outer
4 pairs. Plumage prone to wear & bleaching. Juvenile: pale buff tinge to most
feathers, pale buff
wing-bars. Voice softer than Grey's. Works all heights of
mangrove forests. Common. Sedentary.
Range from Morcombe©
One Tree, Roebuck Bay, NW WA IMG_3947 20180920
One Tree, Roebuck Bay, NW WA IMG_3946 20180920
Crab Creek, Roebuck Bay, NW WA IMG_1844 20180907
Crab Creek, Roebuck Bay, NW WA IMG_0950 20180902 CLICK for another view.
Buffalo Creek, Darwin, N NT IMG_4581 20180731 - juvenile: broad pale buff wing bars.
location MVI_6666 20160909