#1390 · 🐦 birds
Grey Fantail
🇳🇱 Grijze Waaierstaart ·Rhipidura albiscapa
📍 Melbourne VIC, Australia
📍 Port Phillip Bay, VIC, AU
📍 Ballarat VIC, Australia
📍 Stowport TAS 7321, Australia
📍 Narrikup WA 6326, Australia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Julie Brodie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © johnbirtles · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Amber Brodie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Melbourne VIC, Australia:© Thomas Jaeger · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Port Phillip Bay, VIC, AU:© Paul Stan Churcher Images · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ballarat VIC, Australia:© Atlas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Stowport TAS 7321, Australia:© Konrad Szylar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Narrikup WA 6326, Australia:© Kerry + Darren · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The grey fantail ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) is a small insectivorous bird. It is a common fantail found in Australia (except western desert areas), the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The species is considered by many to conspecific with (the same as) the New Zealand fantail ( Rhipidura fuliginosa ), however due to differences in its calls some authorities now treat it as a separate species.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 26,463 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Gould in 1840 (186 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Grey Fantail
- Nederlands
- Grijze Waaierstaart
- scientific name
- Rhipidura albiscapa
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Rhipiduridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 26,463
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1840 by John Gould
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhipiduridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 144737, Wikidata Q2225293, GBIF 7340584, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.