Fantails
Rhipidura
Fantails are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent belonging to the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae. Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "fantails", but the Australian willie wagtail is a little larger, and, though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing, concentrates equally on terrestrial prey.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 61 known species
Willie Wagtail
speciesRhipidura leucophrys
Grey Fantail
speciesRhipidura albiscapa
New Zealand Fantail
speciesRhipidura fuliginosa
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
speciesRhipidura javanica
Australian Rufous Fantail
speciesRhipidura rufifrons
Spot-breasted Fantail
speciesRhipidura albogularis
White-throated Fantail
speciesRhipidura albicollis
White-browed Fantail
speciesRhipidura aureola
Northern Fantail
speciesRhipidura rufiventris
Philippine Pied-Fantail
speciesRhipidura nigritorquis
Blue-headed Fantail
speciesRhipidura cyaniceps
Spotted Fantail
speciesRhipidura perlata
Arafura Fantail
speciesRhipidura dryas
Supertramp fantail
speciesRhipidura semicollaris
Micronesian Rufous Fantail
speciesRhipidura versicolor
Mangrove Fantail
speciesRhipidura phasiana
Rufous-tailed Fantail
speciesRhipidura phoenicura
New Caledonian Streaked Fantail
speciesRhipidura verreauxi
Friendly Fantail
speciesRhipidura albolimbata
Sulawesi Fantail
speciesRhipidura teysmanni
Black-and-cinnamon Fantail
speciesRhipidura nigrocinnamomea
Fiji Streaked Fantail
speciesRhipidura layardi
Palau Fantail
speciesRhipidura lepida
Black Fantail
speciesRhipidura atra
Visayan Fantail
speciesRhipidura albiventris
Mindanao Blue-Fantail
speciesRhipidura superciliaris
Brown-capped Fantail
speciesRhipidura diluta
White-bellied Fantail
speciesRhipidura euryura
Samoan Fantail
speciesRhipidura nebulosa
Chestnut-bellied Fantail
speciesRhipidura hyperythra
Visayan Blue-Fantail
speciesRhipidura samarensis
Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
speciesRhipidura spilodera
Dimorphic Fantail
speciesRhipidura brachyrhyncha
Streak-breasted Fantail
speciesRhipidura dedemi
Sooty Thicket-Fantail
speciesRhipidura threnothorax
White-winged Fantail
speciesRhipidura cockerelli
Tablas Fantail
speciesRhipidura sauli
Kadavu Fantail
speciesRhipidura personata
Rennell Fantail
speciesRhipidura rennelliana
Gilolo Fantail
speciesRhipidura torrida
Black Thicket-Fantail
speciesRhipidura maculipectus
Tawny-backed Fantail
speciesRhipidura superflua
Pohnpei Fantail
speciesRhipidura kubaryi
White-bellied Thicket-Fantail
speciesRhipidura leucothorax
Cinnamon-tailed Fantail
speciesRhipidura fuscorufa
Rufous-backed Fantail
speciesRhipidura rufidorsa
Peleng Fantail
speciesRhipidura habibiei
Solomons Rufous Fantail
speciesRhipidura rufofronta
Cheerful Fantail
speciesRhipidura laguceria
Taliabu Fantail
speciesRhipidura sulaensis
Long-tailed Fantail
speciesRhipidura opistherythra
Mussau Fantail
speciesRhipidura matthiae
Bismarck Fantail
speciesRhipidura dahli
Rhipidura albicollis × albogularis
hybridRhipidura albicollis × albogularis
Malaita Fantail
speciesRhipidura malaitae
Dusky Fantail
speciesRhipidura tenebrosa
Manus Fantail
speciesRhipidura semirubra
White-gorgeted Fantail
speciesRhipidura coultasi
Guadalcanal Fantail
speciesRhipidura ocularis
Santa Cruz Fantail
speciesRhipidura melanolaema
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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