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New Zealand Fantail

Rhipidura fuliginosa · Family Rhipiduridae

Rhipidura fuliginosa

Family Rhipiduridae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Rhipiduridae
GBIF occurrence records
318,439
Countries and territories with records
14
New Zealand Fantail
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About this species

This species has 318,439 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from New Zealand (86.8%) and Australia (13.1%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In New Zealand, this species accounts for 3.3% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Rhipidura fuliginosa combines the genus name Rhipidura with the species epithet fuliginosa. The Warbla app catalog lists 48 species of the genus Rhipidura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Rhipidura leucophrys, Rhipidura albiscapa and Rhipidura rufifrons.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 50 species of the family Rhipiduridae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Rhipidura leucophrys. Its record count is 3.8 times the family average (83,685). The family Rhipiduridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Rhipiduridae

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