Grey Fantail at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 9 Dec 2019 | ArcherCallaway | ||
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 9 Dec 2019 | jb2602 |
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6 comments
jb2602
wrote:
11 Dec 2019
What is the current thinking about naming our Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa or Rhipidura albiscara to distinguish it from the NZ species?
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
11 Dec 2019
ebird which I use is R. albiscara. CNM uses what COG uses which is based of Birdlife Australia. I don't know how often they update. It probably doesn't really matter what we use and it can be changed at any point if need be.
jb2602
wrote:
11 Dec 2019
Thanks for that Ryu, iNaturalist also wants to use R. albiscara but more importantly, are they the same or different species?
natureguy
wrote:
12 Dec 2019
I have changed the taxonomy to suit the most current views by the majority of sources I found. (Grey Fantail was treated as R. albiscapa, whereas the similar New Zealand Fantail was named as R. fuliginosa). I believe that this is the most current and correct thinking however the topic is quite controversial (some believe they are the same species, some believe they are separate, etc). I included R. fuliginosa as a synonym.
Luke.
Luke.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.166924-35.307346
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2019 03:47 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Intermediate size Other Birds jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Rhipidura albiscapa Scientific name
- Grey Fantail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1349.7m Recorded at altitude
- 683 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Rhipidura fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) fuliginosa Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa Rhipidura albiscapa albiscapa
