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Small pale gray flycatcher, exclusively coastal and usually observed in or very close to mangroves.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Pale gray head and back, white throat and chin, pale wingbars, and a very thin gray chest band. Compare Gray Fantail, which is larger, darker, and has a wider black chest band, and Northern Fantail, which has a pale-streaked gray chest without a dark narrow band and lacks the pale streak behind the eye.
Holds tail up and frequently fans it as it forages.
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