What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Northern Fantail been recorded?

Rhipidura rufiventris occurrence evidence comes from 203 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2026. Most records come from Papua New Guinea.

Northern Fantail
Northern Fantail — Photo (display-sized rendition): JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesRhipiduridaeRhipidura

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

203 records across 4 countries and territories, 1880–2026.

Rhipidura rufiventris · GBIF taxon key 5231729

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: August. 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.

Records over time

18802026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Northern Fantail has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Northern Fantail. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Papua New Guinea 96
Australia 83
Indonesia 23
ZZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Rhipiduridae.

New Zealand Fantail
New Zealand Fantail
1,897 records
Willie-wagtail
Willie-wagtail
1,284 records
Gray Fantail
Gray Fantail
1,120 records
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Fantail
382 records
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
324 records
White-throated Fantail
White-throated Fantail
158 records
Black Fantail
Black Fantail
97 records
Friendly Fantail
Friendly Fantail
73 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.