Willie Wagtail

• It fans its tail from side to side continuously while foraging, a movement that flushes insects from the vegetation and sends them jumping within reach of its bill.
• It sings at night, especially on moonlit nights and in spring, something uncommon among Australian birds and a source of complaint in many residential suburbs.
• In several Aboriginal Australian cultures it is regarded as a bringer of news or a gossip who should not be told secrets, and it appears in the traditional stories of numerous nations across the continent.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Open country, grassland, gardens, parks and wetland margins of Australia and New Guinea

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

14 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhipidura_leucophrys