๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the New Zealand Fantail live?

Rhipidura fuliginosa has 317,862 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from New Zealand.

New Zealand Fantail
New Zealand Fantail โ€” Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesRhipiduridaeRhipidura

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
New Zealand 276,172
Australia 41,650
Norfolk Island 18
New Caledonia 12
Vanuatu 10

Related animals

Others in the family Rhipiduridae.

Willie-wagtail
Willie-wagtail
1,804,561 records
Gray Fantail
Gray Fantail
1,341,218 records
Rufous Fantail
157,483 records
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
133,670 records
White-throated Fantail
White-throated Fantail
102,321 records
Northern Fantail
48,500 records
Philippine Pied-Fantail
Philippine Pied-Fantail
22,737 records
Friendly Fantail
Friendly Fantail
5,951 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.