Fantail

Fantails
: Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Dicruridae
Genus Rhipidura

Fantails are small, insectivorous birds of Australasia belonging to the genus Rhipidura. Four of the five species are about 15 to 18 cm long, specialist aerial feeders, and known as "fantails"; the fifth, the Willie Wagtail, is a little larger and though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing, concentrates as much on terrestrial prey.

Note that the true wagtails are part of the genus Motacilla and family Motacillidae and are not particularly close relatives of the fantails.

Family Dicruridae

• Subfamily Monarchinae: boatbills, monarch flycatchers, Magpie-lark
• Subfamily Rhipidurinae
  • 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
  • Spot-breasted Fantail , Rhipidura albogularis
  • White-bellied Fantail , Rhipidura euryura
  • White-browed Fantail , Rhipidura aureola
  • Northern Fantail , Rhipidura rufiventris
  • Pied Fantail , Rhipidura javanica
  • Spotted Fantail , Rhipidura perlata
  • Willie-wagtail , Rhipidura leucophrys
  • Brown-capped Fantail , Rhipidura diluta
  • Cinnamon-tailed Fantail , Rhipidura fuscorufa
  • White-winged Fantail , Rhipidura cockerelli
  • Friendly Fantail , Rhipidura albolimbata
  • Chestnut-bellied Fantail , Rhipidura hyperythra
  • Sooty Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura threnothorax
  • Black Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura maculipectus
  • White-bellied Thicket-Fantail , Rhipidura leucothorax
  • Black Fantail , Rhipidura atra
  • Mangrove Fantail , Rhipidura phasiana
  • Brown Fantail , Rhipidura drownei
  • Dusky Fantail , Rhipidura tenebrosa
  • Rennell Fantail , Rhipidura rennelliana
  • Grey Fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa
  • Streaked Fantail , Rhipidura spilodera
  • Kandavu Fantail , Rhipidura personata
  • Samoan Fantail , Rhipidura nebulosa
  • Dimorphic Fantail , Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
  • Rusty-flanked Fantail , Rhipidura teysmanni
  • Cinnamon-backed Fantail , Rhipidura superflua
  • Streaky-breasted Fantail , Rhipidura dedemi
  • Long-tailed Fantail , Rhipidura opistherythra
  • Palau Fantail , Rhipidura lepida
  • Rufous-backed Fantail , Rhipidura rufidorsa
  • Matthias Fantail , Rhipidura matthiae
  • Bismarck Fantail , Rhipidura dahli
  • Malaita Fantail , Rhipidura malaitae
  • Manus Fantail , Rhipidura semirubra
  • Rufous Fantail , Rhipidura rufifrons
  • Pohnpei Fantail , Rhipidura kubaryi
• Subfamily Dicrurinae

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A fantail is, alternately, the overhanging rear deck of many ships. See poop deck.