Fantails are insectivorous birds that are found in southern Asia and Australasia. These small birds measure between 15 to 18 cm in length.
Species
- Yellow-bellied Fantails , Rhipidura hypoxantha : The Yellow-bellied Fantail is found in southern Asia.
- Blue Fantail , Rhipidura superciliaris, (Lower risk (lc))
- Blue-headed Fantails , Rhipidura cyaniceps : The Blue-headed Fantail is a fantail endemic to the Philippines.
- Rufous-tailed Fantails , 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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