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'Fantails' are small insectivorous birds of southern Asia and Australasia belonging to the genus '''Rhipidura''' in the monotypic 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.
The true wagtails are part of the genus ''Motacilla'' in the family Motacillidae and are not particularly close relatives of the fantails.

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Species

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Species

★ Yellow-bellied Fantail, ''Rhipidura hypoxantha''

★ Blue Fantail, ''Rhipidura superciliaris''

★ Blue-headed Fantail, ''Rhipidura cyaniceps''

★ Rufous-tailed Fantail, ''Rhipidura phoenicura''

★ Black-and-cinnamon Fantail, ''Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea''

★ White-throated Fantail, ''Rhipidura albicollis''

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★ Spot-breasted Fantail, ''Rhipidura (albicollis) albogularis''

★ White-bellied Fantail, ''Rhipidura euryura''

★ White-browed Fantail, ''Rhipidura aureola''

★ Pied Fantail, ''Rhipidura javanica''

★ Spotted Fantail, ''Rhipidura perlata''

★ Willie Wagtail, ''Rhipidura leucophrys''

★ Brown-capped Fantail, ''Rhipidura diluta''

★ Northern Fantail, ''Rhipidura rufiventris''

★ Cinnamon-tailed Fantail, ''Rhipidura fuscorufa''

★ Cockerell's Fantail or White-winged Fantail, ''Rhipidura cockerelli''

★ Sooty Thicket-Fantail, ''Rhipidura threnothorax''

★ Black Thicket-Fantail, ''Rhipidura maculipectus''

★ White-bellied Thicket-Fantail, ''Rhipidura leucothorax''

★ Black Fantail, ''Rhipidura atra''

★ Chestnut-bellied Fantail, ''Rhipidura hyperythra''

★ Friendly Fantail, ''Rhipidura albolimbata''

★ Mangrove Fantail, ''Rhipidura phasiana''

★ Grey Fantail, ''Rhipidura fuliginosa''

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★ Lord Howe Fantail, ''Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina'' - extinct (c.1925)


★ Brown Fantail, ''Rhipidura drownei''

★ Dusky Fantail, ''Rhipidura tenebrosa''

★ Rennell Fantail, ''Rhipidura rennelliana''

★ Streaked Fantail, ''Rhipidura spilodera''

★ Kandavu Fantail, ''Rhipidura personata''

★ Samoan Fantail, ''Rhipidura nebulosa''

★ Dimorphic Fantail, ''Rhipidura brachyrhyncha''

★ Rusty-bellied Fantail or Rusty-flanked Fantail, ''Rhipidura teysmanni''

★ Tawny-backed Fantail or Cinnamon-backed Fantail, ''Rhipidura superflua''

★ Streaky-breasted Fantail, ''Rhipidura dedemi''

★ Long-tailed Fantail, ''Rhipidura opistherythra''

★ Palau Fantail, ''Rhipidura lepida''

★ Rufous-backed Fantail, ''Rhipidura rufidorsa''

★ Bismarck Fantail, ''Rhipidura dahli''

★ Matthias Fantail, ''Rhipidura matthiae''

★ Malaita Fantail, ''Rhipidura malaitae''

★ Pohnpei Fantail, ''Rhipidura kubaryi''

★ Rufous Fantail, ''Rhipidura rufifrons''

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★ Guam Rufous Fantail, ''Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae'' - extinct (1984)

★ Manus Fantail, ''Rhipidura semirubra''

External links

★ Fantail videos on the Internet Bird Collection