Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) - HBW 11, p. 225
French: Rhipidure à collier
German: Neuseelandfächerschwanz
Spanish: Abanico Maorí
Other common names: North Island Fantail (placabilis); South Island Fantail (nominate); Chatham Island Fantail (penitus); Pied Fantail(!) (pied morph); Black Fantail(!) (black morph)
Taxonomy: Muscicapa fuliginosa Sparrman, 1787, South Island, New Zealand.
Forms a superspecies with R. hyperythra, R. albolimbata, R. albiscapa and R. phasiana. Often considered conspecific with R. albiscapa but differs markedly in vocalizations. In past, commonly treated as including R. phasiana, but that form now almost universally treated as a separate species on basis of morphology, voice, clutch size and habitat. Extinct race cervina (Lord Howe I) has sometimes been considered a full species, but seems more appropriately treated as a well-marked race of present species. Three extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- placabilis Bangs, 1921 - N New Zealand: North I and adjacent islands (Three Kings Is, Hen and Chickens Is, Mokohinau Is, and islands of Little Barrier, Great Barrier, Mayor, Kapiti).
- fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787) - S New Zealand: South I, Stewart I and adjacent islands.
- penita Bangs, 1911 - Chatham Is (Chatham, Pitt, Southeast).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual (normal morph), flycatching and preening briefly in trees. Locality Papatowai Forest, South Island, New Zealand (ssp fuliginosa)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2013 9 weeks ago 28 sec 4.4 -
An adult singing in bare tree branches Locality Otatara, South Island, New Zealand (ssp fuliginosa)
Brooke Clibbon 20 November 2005 6 years ago 14 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched in a tree, changing perch. Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 5 weeks ago 15 sec 4 -
An adult singing and displaying in a tree Locality Shakespeare Regional Park, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Brooke Clibbon 6 November 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 3.9 -
A bird perching in a bush and then flying. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 17 weeks ago 7 sec 3.8 -
A bird singing in a tree. Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 5 weeks ago 16 sec 3.3
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A bird perching on a twig.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
New Zealand Fantail - Black Phase
Locality Waikaia Bush, South Island, New Zealand (ssp Black Phase)
Glenda Rees 7 January 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird hanging from a vertical twig.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 19 weeks ago 4 -
A juvenile bird perching on a twig.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 12 weeks ago 3.5 -
Perched on a branch in the forest
Locality Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand (ssp fuliginosa)
Peter Strauss 24 March 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
One adult close up
Locality Rangitoto Island, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp placabilis)
Rémi Bigonneau 10 February 2010 1 year ago 3.3
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Calls by an excited bird. Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp placabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 9 weeks ago 3 -
Singing as part of a display, perched on a branch Locality Kiwi House & Native Bird Park, Otorohanga, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp placabilis)
Joe Angseesing 18 February 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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