New Zealand fantail- Rhipidura fuliginosa

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New Zealand fantail- Rhipidura fuliginosa
New Zealand fantail- Rhipidura fuliginosa

The New Zealand fantail is a small insectivorous bird, the only species of fantail in New Zealand. During waking hours the bird is almost never still. It flits from perch to perch, sometimes on the ground but mostly on the twigs of a tree or any other convenient object, looking out for flying insects. This fantail is mid to dark grey or grey-brown above, yellowish/orange below, with a dark band across the chest below a white throat, white markings over the eye, and either white-edged or entirely white outer tail feathers. It grows to 16 cm (6.3 in) in length, of which half is the tail. They weigh 8 gm (less than 0.3 oz). The fantail is one of the few native forest bird species that has coped reasonably well with the extensive conversion of lowland native forest to farmland. However, nesting adults, eggs and chicks are not immune from being preyed upon by introduced mammalian pests.

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Taken on: February 27, 2022
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Camera: Olympus E-M10MarkIV, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 117mm (=234mm), ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Olympus E-M10MarkIV
Lens: OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length: 117mm (35mm equivalent: 234mm)
ISO: 1250
Exposure Bias: -1.7 EV
Flash: Unknown (0x48)
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: High gain up
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.2 (Macintosh)
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