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Key Identification Features [edit]
The Grey Fantail is plain in colour: mid to dark grey or grey-brown above, lighter (often yellowish) below, with a white throat, white markings over the eye, and (depending on the race) either white-edged or entirely white outer tail feathers. It grows to some 16 centimentres in length, of which half is the tail, which, as the name implies, is often fanned out during display. This reveals that it is only the outer tail feathers that are light; the innermost are dark. Some subspecies are found in a darker plumage, notably in southern New Zealand.
Range: Continent, country or more local rang. Resident or months present [edit]
It is a very common sight in all parts of Australia except western desert areas, and is also found in New Zealand (where it is also known by its Maori name, Pīwakawaka or Tīwakawaka), New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Habitat: estuary, rainforest, mountains, desert etc [edit]
The Grey Fantail is found in most treed habitats
Subspecies: [edit]
Calls: [edit]
The bird's call is an almost metallic "cheek", either as a single sound or (more often) repeated as a chattering.