Northern Fantail

When to see the Northern Fantail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Northern Fantail

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Northern Fantail

The northern fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea, Timor, and northern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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Easily confused with

Philippine Pied FantailRhipidura nigritorquisThe Philippine pied fantail is a medium-size species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae endemic to the Philippines. White-browed FantailRhipidura aureolaThe adult white-browed fantail is about 18 cm long. Arafura FantailRhipidura dryasThe 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.