---
title: "Grijze waaierstaart"
description: "Rhipidura fuliginosa — Vogels. The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird, the only species of fantail in New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/new-zealand-fantail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grijze waaierstaart

> Rhipidura fuliginosa — Vogels. The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird, the only species of fantail in New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Rhipidura fuliginosa*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 17220
- Wikidata: [Q913047](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913047)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244276](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244276)

## Names

- en: New Zealand Fantail
- de: Neuseeland-Fächerschwanz
- es: Abanico maorí
- fr: Rhipidure à collier
- nl: Grijze waaierstaart
- pt: Cauda-de-leque-cinzento
- pl: Wachlarzówka posępna

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (12873)

## Summary

The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird, the only species of fantail in New Zealand. It has four subspecies: R. f. fuliginosa in the South Island, R. f. placabilis in the North Island, R. f. penita in the Chatham Islands, and the now-extinct R. f. cervina formerly on Lord Howe Island. It is also known by its Māori names, pīwakawaka, tīwakawaka or piwaiwaka, and the Chatham Island subspecies by the Moriori name tchitake; the common pied morph is also known as pied fantail (not to be confused with the Malaysian or Philippine pied fantails), and the uncommon dark morph is also known…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_fantail

## Photo

![Grijze waaierstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-zealand-fantail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max G.W. Verheij · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100552854

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/new-zealand-fantail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).