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Genus: Rhipidura (61 species)


White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis atrata) Range: OR: Himalayas from n Pakistan to c China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
Photograph by Wokoti © All Rights Reserved.


White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) Range: OR: Himalayas from n Pakistan to c China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo Borneo
Photograph by Lip Kee Yap Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) Range: AU: Australia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and New Caledonia Australia
Photograph by JJ Harrison Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Visayan Fantail (Rhipidura albiventris) Range: OR: Ticao, Masbate, Panay, Guimaras and Negros (wc Philippines)


White-spotted Fantail (Rhipidura albogularis) Range: OR: s India Conoor, India
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Friendly Fantail (Rhipidura albolimbata) Range: AU: montane New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Black Fantail (Rhipidura atra) Range: AU: montane New Guinea Mokwam, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola) Range: OR: widespread Sri Lanka
Photograph by Bob Du © All Rights Reserved.

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Dimorphic Fantail (Rhipidura brachyrhyncha) Range: AU: montane New Guinea


White-winged Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli) Range: AU: n to sc Solomon Is. Solomon Islands
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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White-gorgeted Fantail (Rhipidura coultasi) Near Threatened Range: AU: Malaita (se Solomon Is.)

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Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) Range: OR: Luzon group (n Philippines)

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Bismarck Fantail (Rhipidura dahli) Range: AU: montane e Bismarck Arch.


Streak-breasted Fantail (Rhipidura dedemi) Range: AU: montane Seram (ec Moluccas) Seram Island, Central Moluccas, Indonesia
Photograph by David Cook Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Brown-capped Fantail (Rhipidura diluta) Range: AU: w, c Lesser Sundas

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Bougainville Fantail (Rhipidura drownei) Range: AU: montane Bougainville (n Solomon Is.)


Arafura Fantail (Rhipidura dryas) Range: AU: coastal sc New Guinea n Australia Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia
Photograph by Geoff Whalan Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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White-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura euryura) Range: OR: montane Java


New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa) Range: AU: North, South, Stewart and Chatham is. (New Zealand) and Lord Howe I. (e of Australia, where extinct) Diamond Lake, Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) Range: AU: North, South, Stewart and Chatham is. (New Zealand) and Lord Howe I. (e of Australia, where extinct) New Zealand A small percentage of New Zealand Fantails are black.
Photograph by Shellie Evans Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Cinnamon-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura fuscorufa) Range: AU: Babar (far e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)

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Peleng Fantail (Rhipidura habibiei) Range: AU: montane Peleng (Banggai Is., e of Sulawesi)

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Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra) Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites


Malaysian Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica longicauda) Range: OR: se Asia, Greater Sundas and Lombok (w Lesser Sundas) Laem Phak Bia, Ban Laem, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Biak Fantail (Rhipidura kordensis) Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)

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Pohnpei Fantail (Rhipidura kubaryi) Range: PO: Pohnpei (=Ponape, e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)

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Fiji Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura layardi) Range: PO: w, c Fiji (sw Polynesia)

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Palau Fantail (Rhipidura lepida) Range: PO: Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)


Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) Range: AU: Moluccas, New Guinea area, Australia (except Tasmania), Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
Photograph by JJ Harrison Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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White-bellied Thicket Fantail (Rhipidura leucothorax) Range: AU: New Guinea

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Louisiade Fantail (Rhipidura louisiadensis) Range: AU: D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archs. (e of se New Guinea)


Black Thicket Fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus) Range: AU: Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), nw and s New Guinea Brown River, Papua New Guinea
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Malaita Fantail (Rhipidura malaitae) Near Threatened Range: AU: montane Malaita (sc Solomon Is.)

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Mussau Fantail (Rhipidura matthiae) Near Threatened Range: AU: Mussau (St. Matthias Is., nc Bismarck Arch.)

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Santa Cruz Fantail (Rhipidura melanolaema) Range: AU: Santa Cruz Is. (se Solomon Is.)

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Samoan Fantail (Rhipidura nebulosa) Range: PO: Savaii and Upolu (w Samoa, c Polynesia)

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Philippine Pied Fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) Range: OR: Philippines

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Black-and-cinnamon Fantail (Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea) Range: OR: montane Mindanao (s Philippines)

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Guadalcanal Fantail (Rhipidura ocularis) Range: AU: montane Guadalcanal (sc Solomon Is.)

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Long-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura opistherythra) Near Threatened Range: AU: Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)


Spotted Fantail (Rhipidura perlata) Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.


Spotted Fantail (Rhipidura perlata) Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo Malaysia
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

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Kadavu Fantail (Rhipidura personata) Near Threatened Range: PO: Kadavu and Ono (ne of Kadavu; sw Fiji, sw Polynesia)

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Mangrove Fantail (Rhipidura phasiana) Range: AU: sw Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea), s coast of se New Guinea and w WA to nw QLD (coastal n Australia)

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Rufous-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura phoenicura) Range: OR: montane Java

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Rennell Fantail (Rhipidura rennelliana) Range: AU: Rennell (se Solomon Is.)

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Rufous-backed Fantail (Rhipidura rufidorsa) Range: AU: New Guinea and nw satellites


Australian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) Male Range: AU: e Australia Australia
Photograph by George Chapman Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris) Range: AU: widespread, e Lesser Sundas, Moluccas, New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and n Australia Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Solomons Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufofronta) Range: AU: Solomon Is.

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Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) Range: OR: Bohol, Leyte and Samar (ec Philippines)

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Tablas Fantail (Rhipidura sauli) Vulnerable Range: OR: Tablas (wc Philippines)

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Supertramp Fantail (Rhipidura semicollaris) Range: AU: Lesser Sundas, Moluccas to Kai and Aru is.

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Manus Fantail (Rhipidura semirubra) Range: AU: islets of Admiralty Is. (nw Bismarck Arch.; extinct on Manus)

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Vanuatu Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura spilodera) Range: PO: Vanua Lava (e Banks Is.) to Efate (sc Vanuatu)

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Taliabu Fantail (Rhipidura sulaensis) Range: AU: montane Taliabu (Sula Arch., e of Sulawesi)

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Mindanao Blue Fantail (Rhipidura superciliaris) Range: OR: Mindanao and Basilan (s Philippines)

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Tawny-backed Fantail (Rhipidura superflua) Range: AU: montane Buru (wc Moluccas)

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Makira Fantail (Rhipidura tenebrosa) Near Threatened Range: AU: Makira (=San Cristobal, se Solomon Is.)

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Sulawesi Fantail (Rhipidura teysmanni) Range: AU: montane Sulawesi


Sooty Thicket Fantail (Rhipidura threnothorax threnothorax) Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites Nimbokrang, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Gilolo Fantail (Rhipidura torrida) Range: AU: Halmahera to Obi (n Moluccas)


New Caledonian Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi) Range: PO: New Caledonia including Loyalty Is. (except Ouvea) New Caledonia
Photograph by JJ Harrison Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Micronesian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura versicolor) Range: PO: Mariana Is. and Yap (Micronesia)

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