Fantails (Rhipiduridae)

Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) - HBW 11, p. 241

French: Rhipidure hochequeue German: Gartenfächerschwanz Spanish: Abanico Lavandera
Other common names: Black-and-white Fantail/Flycatcher, Pied Fantail(!), White-browed Fantail(!)

Taxonomy: Turdus leucophrys Latham, 1801, Sydney, Australia.
Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

melaleuca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Moluccas, W Papuan Is, New Guinea and islands (including Goodenough, Fergusson and Normanby, in D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago), Aru Is, Bismarck Archipelago, Buka I, Bougainville I and Solomon Is.
picata Gould, 1848 - N quarter of Australia from Kimberley (in Western Australia) and N half of Northern Territory E to N Queensland.
leucophrys (Latham, 1801) - S three-quarters of mainland Australia.

Least Concern

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4.5 Willy Wagtail ... Australia, Sep 2011

Robin Eckermann
4.4 Willy wagtail ... Australia, Sep 2010

David Taylor
4.3 Australian Bla... Australia, Oct 2012

John Marychurch
4.3 Willie Wagtail... Australia, Oct 2011

Rhonda Hansch
4.2 The Willie Wag... Australia, Jun 2010

David Taylor
4.2 An immature bi... Australia, Nov 2012

Nicholas Tomney
4.2 A member of th... Australia, Jun 2010

David Taylor
4.1 Flitting about... Australia, Feb 2012

Ian Barker
4.1 portrait Australia, Sep 2007

Georges Olioso
4 A bird perchin... Australia, Aug 2009

Nick Talbot
4 A bird sitting... Australia, Sep 2010

Nick Talbot
4 Perched on a b... Australia, Jan 2013

Peter Strauss
4 A bird on a st... Australia, Jul 2008

Gustavo A. Rodríguez
3.9 WAGTAIL Australia,

John_Cupper
3.8 on a small tree Australia, Sep 2007

Georges Olioso
3.8 Willie Wagtail... Australia, Nov 2012

Graham Little
3.7 A bird sitting... Australia, Sep 2010

Nick Talbot
3.7 A bird on the ... Australia, Mar 2009

stevec63
3.7 A bird perchin... Australia, Nov 2010

Nick Talbot
3.6 Foraging for i... Australia, Feb 2012

Ian Barker
3.6 A male perched... New Guinea, Oct 2012

Carmelo López
3.6 Resting in a t... Australia, Mar 2008

Lindsay Hansch
3.6 SWOOPING Australia, Aug 2011

John_Cupper
3.5 A great danser Australia, Nov 2005

Guy Poisson
3.5 A bird feeding... Australia, Jun 2012

Nick Talbot
3.5 A bird fanning... Australia, Nov 2010

Arthur Grosset
3.4 A bird resting... Australia, Sep 2010

Bogdan Krajewski
3.4 Juvenile willi... Australia, Jan 2011

Margaret Leggoe
3.2 PREENING Australia, Aug 2011

John_Cupper
3 Willie Wagtail... Australia, Jun 2009

Graham Little
3 a bird perchin... Australia,

marianhw
3 Grey Butcherbi... Australia, Oct 2011

cel_polo
2.9 CATCHING DINNER Australia, Aug 2011

John_Cupper
2.9 Just out of th... Australia, Apr 2005

Ken Havard
2.8 Adult refreshi... Australia, Aug 2011

Edward Smith
2.3 A bird in a tr... Australia, Apr 2009

Angus Oliver
2 A perched male... Australia, Oct 2009

Josep del Hoyo
1.5 Willie Wagtail... Australia, Jan 2010

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