New Zealand fantail

The New Zealand fantail is a small insectivorous bird. A common fantail found in the South Island of New Zealand, also in the North Island as subspecies ''Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis'', the Chatham Islands as ''Rhipidura fuliginosa penita'' and formerly the Lord Howe Island as ''Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina''. Also known as the pied fantail or by its Maori name, Pīwakawaka, Tīwakawaka or Piwaiwaka. The species is considered by many to be conspecific as the grey fantail of Australia and New Caledonia, however due to differences in its calls some authorities now treat it as a separate species.