Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyRhipiduridae (Fantails)
- GenusRhipidura (Fantails)
- SpeciesRhipidura rufifrons (Rufous Fantail)
Closest Relatives at Springbrook National Park
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Lewin's Honeyeater
Meliphaga lewinii
Eastern Whipbird
Psophodes olivaceus
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eopsaltria australis
Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
White-throated Treecreeper
Cormobates leucophaea
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
Gray Shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Rufous Fantail in Springbrook National Park?
About 20% of visitor-days record a Rufous Fantail sighting in Springbrook National Park, based on 46 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rufous Fantail in Springbrook National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Rufous Fantail in Springbrook National Park in our monthly data.