How big is a Friendly Fantail?

The Friendly Fantail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.

Where can you see a Friendly Fantail?

The Friendly Fantail occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to a Friendly Fantail?

The Friendly Fantail is most easily confused with the Mangrove Fantail, the Arafura Fantail and the Palau Fantail.

Is the Friendly Fantail endangered?

The Friendly Fantail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Friendly Fantail

Rhipidura albolimbata

Fantails and Silktails · Passeriformes · Rare

The Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata) is a rare fantails and silktail found in 2 countries, weighing about 11 g. The friendly fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

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Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 1 — Photo: (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by tlaloc27 · cc-by

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 2 — Photo: themaskedlapwing · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 3 — Photo: Abby Darrah · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 4 — Photo: Zara · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 5 — Photo: Zara · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 6 — Photo: tlaloc27 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 7 — Photo: tlaloc27 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 8 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 9 — Photo: Jay Pruett · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata), photo 10 — Photo: Jay Pruett · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Friendly Fantail

The friendly fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in July. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Friendly Fantail look like?: The friendly fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
How big is a Friendly Fantail?: The Friendly Fantail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.
Where can you see a Friendly Fantail?: The Friendly Fantail occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to a Friendly Fantail?: The Friendly Fantail is most easily confused with the Mangrove Fantail, the Arafura Fantail and the Palau Fantail.
Is the Friendly Fantail endangered?: The Friendly Fantail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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