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Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) 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 ...
The family contains 55 species which are divided into four genera: [1] Subfamily Rhipidurinae: Rhipidura – typical fantails (51 species) Subfamily Lamproliinae: Chaetorhynchus – drongo fantail; Eutrichomyias – cerulean flycatcher; Lamprolia – silktails (2 species)
Family Rhipiduridae - fantails Genus Chaetorhynchus – drongo fantail; Genus Lamprolia – silktail; Genus Rhipidura – fantails; Family Rhodinocichlidae. Genus Rhodinocichla - Rosy thrush-tanager; Family Salpornithidae. Genus Salpornis - spotted creepers (Tentatively placed here; often considered a subfamily of the Certhidae) Family Sapayoidae
The Philippine pied fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) is a medium-size species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae endemic to the Philippines. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Malaysian pied fantail .
The Kadavu fantail (Rhipidura personata) is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae.It is endemic to Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu archipelago, in southern Fiji.It is closely related to the streaked fantail of the rest of Fiji, and forms a superspecies with the numerous island species of fantail ranging from the Solomon Islands (the brown fantail) to Samoa (the Samoan fantail).
The grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) is a small insectivorous bird. There is no sexual dimorphism. [ 3 ] It is a common fantail found in Australia , the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu and New Caledonia .
The northern fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is found in New Guinea and northern Australia (from Broome in Western Australia to the Shire of Burdekin in Queensland). [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The Louisiade fantail (Rhipidura louisiadensis) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae that is endemic to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago to the east of New Guinea. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Australian rufous fantail ( Rhipidura rufifrons ).