Fantails
Fantails are small insectivorous birds of southern Asia and Australasia all belonging to the genus Rhipidura and subfamily Rhipidurinae. 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.
It may be noted that the true wagtails are part of the genus Motacilla and family Motacillidae and are not particularly close relatives of the fantails.
Species
- Yellow-bellied Fantail , Rhipidura hypoxantha : The Yellow-bellied Fantail is found in southern Asia.
- Blue Fantail , Rhipidura superciliaris, (Lower risk (lc))
- Blue-headed Fantail , Rhipidura cyaniceps : The Blue-headed Fantail is a fantail endemic to the Philippines.
- Rufous-tailed Fantail , Rhipidura phoenicura, (Lower risk (lc))
- Black-and-cinnamon Fantail , Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea, (Lower risk (lc))
- White-throated Fantail , Rhipidura albicollis
- Spot-breasted Fantail , Rhipidura albogularis, (Lower risk (lc))
- White-bellied Fantail , Rhipidura euryura, (Lower risk (lc))
- White-browed Fantail , Rhipidura aureola
- Northern Fantail , Rhipidura rufiventris, (Lower risk (lc))
- Pied Fantail , Rhipidura javanica, (Lower risk (lc))
- Spotted Fantail , Rhipidura perlata, (Lower risk (lc))
- Willie Wagtail , Rhipidura leucophrys
- Brown-capped Fantail , Rhipidura diluta, (Lower risk (lc))
- Cinnamon-tailed Fantail , Rhipidura fuscorufa : The Cinnamon-tailed Fantail is a fantail restricted to the Banda Sea Islands of Indonesia.
- White-winged Fantail , Rhipidura cockerelli, (Lower risk (nt))
- Friendly Fantail , Rhipidura albolimbata, (Lower risk (lc))
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail , Rhipidura hyperythra, (Lower risk (lc))
- Sooty Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura threnothorax, (Lower risk (lc))
- Black Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura maculipectus, (Lower risk (lc))
- White-bellied Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura leucothorax, (Lower risk (lc))
- Black Fantail , Rhipidura atra, (Lower risk (lc))
- Mangrove Fantail , Rhipidura phasiana, (Lower risk (lc))
- Brown Fantail , Rhipidura drownei, (Lower risk (lc))
- Dusky Fantail , Rhipidura tenebrosa, (Lower risk (nt))
- Rennell Fantail , Rhipidura rennelliana, (Lower risk (lc))
- Grey Fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Streaked Fantail , Rhipidura spilodera, (Lower risk (lc))
- Kandavu Fantail , Rhipidura personata, (Lower risk (lc))
- Samoan Fantail , Rhipidura nebulosa, (Lower risk (lc))
- Dimorphic Fantail , Rhipidura brachyrhyncha, (Lower risk (lc))
- Rusty-flanked Fantail , Rhipidura teysmanni, (Lower risk (lc))
- Cinnamon-backed Fantail , Rhipidura superflua, (Lower risk (lc))
- Streaky-breasted Fantail , Rhipidura dedemi, (Lower risk (lc))
- Long-tailed Fantail , Rhipidura opistherythra, (Lower risk (nt))
- Palau Fantail , Rhipidura lepida, (Lower risk (lc))
- Rufous-backed Fantail , Rhipidura rufidorsa, (Lower risk (lc))
- Matthias Fantail , Rhipidura matthiae : The Matthias Fantail is endemic to Mussau in the St Matthias Islands of Papua New Guinea.
- Bismarck Fantail , Rhipidura dahli : The Bismarck Fantail is a fantail. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Friedrich Dahl.
- Malaita Fantail , Rhipidura malaitae : The Malaita Fantail is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands.
- Manus Fantail , Rhipidura semirubra : The Manus Fantail is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.
- Rufous Fantail , Rhipidura rufifrons
- Pohnpei Fantail, Rhipidura kubaryi
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