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Mbalame ya willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) ndi mbalame ya passerine yobadwira ku Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, ndi kum'mawa kwa Indonesia. Ili ndi kutalika kwa masentimita 19–21.5 (7 1⁄2–8 1⁄2 inches). Mbalame ya willie wagtail ndi yolusa ndipo imakhala nthawi yayitali ikuthamangitsa nyama m'malo otseguka. Dzina lake lodziwika bwino limachokera ku chizolowezi chake chogwedeza mchira wake molunjika ikamafunafuna chakudya pansi. Ndi yaukali komanso yokhazikika, mbalame ya willie wagtail nthawi zambiri imavutitsa mbalame zazikulu monga kookaburra yoseka ndi chiwombankhanga chofewa. Yachita bwino kusintha kwa malo komwe anthu amakumana nako ndipo ndi yofala m'mabwalo a m'mizinda, m'mapaki, ndi m'minda. Imapezeka kwambiri m'nthano za anthu a ku Australia ndi New Guinea m'maudindo osiyanasiyana, kuyambira kuba zinsinsi ndi wabodza mpaka kuwonetsa bwino mbewu zabwino.Photograph credit: JJ Harrison