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Passeriformes / Rhipiduridae / Rhipidura

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (wilwag1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura

Subspecies (3)

Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys

Australia except tropics and Tasmania
Rhipidura leucophrys melaleuca

Moluccas, New Guinea, northeastern Australia (northwestern Torres Strait islands), Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
Rhipidura leucophrys picata

northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to Cape York Peninsula and Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (wilwag1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.