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Fantails

The family Rhipiduridae consists of small, insect-eating birds found across Australasia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, and is known for species such as the fantails and silktails. This family is divided into four genera within two subfamilies: Rhipidurinae, which includes Rhipidura or the typical fantails boasting 51 species; and Lamproliinae, which features the genera Chaetorhynchus with the drongo fantail, Eutrichomyias known as the cerulean flycatcher, and Lamprolia which comprises two species of silktails.

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Accentors
African & Green Broadbills
Albatrosses
Alcippe Fulvettas
Anhingas, Darters
Asian Barbets
Auks
Austral Storm Petrels
Australasian Babblers
Australasian Robins
Australasian Warblers
Australasian Wrens
Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
Babblers, Scimitar Babblers
Barn Owls
Bee-eaters
Birds-of-paradise
Boatbills
Bristlehead
Bulbuls
Buntings
Bushtits
Bustards
Buttonquail
Caracaras, Falcons
Cassowaries, Emu
Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cisticolas & Allies
Cockatoos
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Crab-plover
Cranes
Crombecs, African Warblers
Crows, Jays
Cuckoos
Cuckooshrikes
Cupwings
Dippers
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Elachura
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy-bluebirds

Fantails

Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Finches, Euphonias
Finfoots
Flamingos
Flowerpeckers
Flufftails
Frigatebirds
Frogmouths
Gannets, Boobies
Goldcrests, Kinglets
Grassbirds & Allies
Grebes
Ground Babblers
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Herons, Bitterns
Honeyeaters
Honeyguides
Hoopoes
Hornbills
Hylocitrea
Ibisbill
Ibises, Spoonbills
Ifrit
Indigobirds, Whydahs
Ioras
Jacanas
Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Larks
Laughingthrushes & Allies
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Leafbirds
Longspurs, Snow Buntings
Magpie Goose
Megapodes
Melampittas
Monarchs
Mottled Berryhunter
Nightjars
Northern Storm Petrels
Nuthatches
Old World Parrots
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Ospreys
Owls
Oystercatchers
Painted-snipes
Parrotbills & Allies
Pelicans
Penduline Tits
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Pittas
Ploughbill
Plovers
Rail-babbler
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rollers
Sandpipers, Snipes
Shrikes
Sittellas
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Sunbirds
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Sylviid Babblers
Thrushes
Tits, Chickadees
Treecreepers
Treeswifts
Trogons
Tropicbirds
Typical Broadbills
Vangas & Allies
Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Wagtails, Pipits
Wallcreeper
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Waxwings
Weavers, Widowbirds
Whipbirds
Whistlers & Allies
White-eyes
Woodpeckers
Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Wrens
Jayshrike

Arafura Fantail

Rhipidura dryas

Black-and-cinnamon Fantail

Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea
A photo of a Black Fantail (Rhipidura atra) , female

Black Fantail

Rhipidura atra

Black Thicket Fantail

Rhipidura maculipectus

Blue-headed Fantail

Rhipidura cyaniceps

Brown-capped Fantail

Rhipidura diluta

Cerulean Flycatcher

Eutrichomyias rowleyi

Chestnut-bellied Fantail

Rhipidura hyperythra

Cinnamon-tailed Fantail

Rhipidura fuscorufa

Dimorphic Fantail

Rhipidura brachyrhyncha

Drongo Fantail

Chaetorhynchus papuensis

Friendly Fantail

Rhipidura albolimbata

Long-tailed Fantail

Rhipidura opistherythra

Malaysian Pied Fantail

Rhipidura javanica

Mangrove Fantail

Rhipidura phasiana

Mindanao Blue Fantail

Rhipidura superciliaris
A photo of a Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris)

Northern Fantail

Rhipidura rufiventris

Peleng Fantail

Rhipidura habibiei

Philippine Pied Fantail

Rhipidura nigritorquis

Rufous-backed Fantail

Rhipidura rufidorsa

Rufous Fantail

Rhipidura rufifrons

Rufous-tailed Fantail

Rhipidura phoenicura

Sooty Thicket Fantail

Rhipidura threnothorax

Spotted Fantail

Rhipidura perlata

Streak-breasted Fantail

Rhipidura dedemi

Sulawesi Fantail

Rhipidura teysmanni

Tablas Fantail

Rhipidura sauli

Taliabu Fantail

Rhipidura sulaensis

Tawny-backed Fantail

Rhipidura superflua

Visayan Blue Fantail

Rhipidura samarensis

Visayan Fantail

Rhipidura albiventris

White-bellied Fantail

Rhipidura euryura

White-bellied Thicket Fantail

Rhipidura leucothorax
A photo of a White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola)

White-browed Fantail

Rhipidura aureola
A photo of a White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis
A photo of a Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys
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Species Categories

Accentors

African & Green Broadbills

Albatrosses

Alcippe Fulvettas

Anhingas, Darters

Asian Barbets

Auks

Austral Storm Petrels

Australasian Babblers

Australasian Robins

Australasian Warblers

Australasian Wrens

Australo-Papuan Bellbirds

Babblers, Scimitar Babblers

Barn Owls

Bee-eaters

Birds-of-paradise

Boatbills

Bristlehead

Bulbuls

Buntings

Bushtits

Bustards

Buttonquail

Caracaras, Falcons

Cassowaries, Emu

Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Cisticolas & Allies

Cockatoos

Cormorants, Shags

Coursers, Pratincoles

Crab-plover

Cranes

Crombecs, African Warblers

Crows, Jays

Cuckoos

Cuckooshrikes

Cupwings

Dippers

Drongos

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Elachura

Fairy Flycatchers

Fairy-bluebirds

Fantails

Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra

Finches, Euphonias

Finfoots

Flamingos

Flowerpeckers

Flufftails

Frigatebirds

Frogmouths

Gannets, Boobies

Goldcrests, Kinglets

Grassbirds & Allies

Grebes

Ground Babblers

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Herons, Bitterns

Honeyeaters

Honeyguides

Hoopoes

Hornbills

Hylocitrea

Ibisbill

Ibises, Spoonbills

Ifrit

Indigobirds, Whydahs

Ioras

Jacanas

Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes

Kingfishers

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Larks

Laughingthrushes & Allies

Leaf Warblers & Allies

Leafbirds

Longspurs, Snow Buntings

Magpie Goose

Megapodes

Melampittas

Monarchs

Mottled Berryhunter

Nightjars

Northern Storm Petrels

Nuthatches

Old World Parrots

Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Ospreys

Owls

Oystercatchers

Painted-snipes

Parrotbills & Allies

Pelicans

Penduline Tits

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Pheasants & Allies

Pigeons, Doves

Pittas

Ploughbill

Plovers

Rail-babbler

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Reed Warblers & Allies

Rollers

Sandpipers, Snipes

Shrikes

Sittellas

Skuas

Starlings, Rhabdornis

Stilts, Avocets

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Storks

Sunbirds

Swallows, Martins

Swifts

Sylviid Babblers

Thrushes

Tits, Chickadees

Treecreepers

Treeswifts

Trogons

Tropicbirds

Typical Broadbills

Vangas & Allies

Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers

Wagtails, Pipits

Wallcreeper

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Waxwings

Weavers, Widowbirds

Whipbirds

Whistlers & Allies

White-eyes

Woodpeckers

Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies

Wrens

Jayshrike

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