renatagrieco: March 17, 2020 - Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) The fifteen recognized subspecie
renatagrieco: March 17, 2020 - Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) The fifteen recognized subspecies of these fantails are found in eastern Australia and parts of Indonesia, Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. Often foraging in mixed-species flocks, they eat a variety of insects and spiders, capturing them in short flights or picking them from plants. Pairs build compact cup-shaped nests from grass and fine plant fibers held together with spiderwebs, usually in forked branches. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the chicks. -- source link
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