About the Arafura Fantail
The Arafura fantail, sometimes known as the wood fantail, inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands, the northern coast of Australia from the Kimberley to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula, including subcoastally in the Top End of the Northern Territory, and southern New Guinea. It is similar to the rufous fantail, from which it has been split taxonomically but, apart from minor overlap in the eastern Moluccas, their geographic ranges are discrete. It is generally duller than the rufous fantail with the rufous colouration more restricted.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Friendly FantailRhipidura albolimbataThe friendly fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
Mangrove FantailRhipidura phasianaThe mangrove fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
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