Arafura Fantail

When to see the Arafura Fantail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Arafura Fantail

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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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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. Palau FantailRhipidura lepidaThe Palau fantail is a typical fantail, short-bodied and long-tailed, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in).