This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Fantail (disambiguation).
Fantails
Grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Rhipiduridae
Subfamily:
Rhipidurinae
Genus:
Rhipidura Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Type species
Muscicapa flabellifera[1]
Gmelin, JF, 1788
Species
Over 50, see text
Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) 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 close relatives of the fantails.
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