Grey Fantail
Scientific name: Rhipidura albiscapa
Rhipidura is from the Greek words rhipis or rhipidos, meaning fan, and ura, meaning tail. The meaning of albiscapa is not known.
Koodjinok (could’chee’ock).
Widespread across Australia.
Up to 16.5 centimetres long with a 22.5 centimetres wingspan.
The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 1,278km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in April 1986, 9 years 8.2 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/97a59c84-af21-4cdc-bac7-a97c5201db42#overview