Bird group

Fantails

64 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryas
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Arafura Fantail is an active fantail of New Guinea and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Australian Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Australian Rufous Fantail is an active fantail of Australia and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through…

Bismarck Fantail
Rhipidura dahli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bismarck Fantail is an active fantail of the Bismarck Archipelago. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Black Fantail
Rhipidura atra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black Fantail is an active fantail of New Guinea and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Black Thicket-Fantail
Rhipidura maculipectus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Black Thicket-Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Black-and-cinnamon Fantail
Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-and-cinnamon Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and…

Blue-headed Fantail
Rhipidura cyaniceps
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Blue-headed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Bougainville Fantail
Rhipidura drownei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bougainville Fantail is an active fantail of the Solomon Islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Brown-capped Fantail
Rhipidura diluta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-capped Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Cerulean Flycatcher
Eutrichomyias rowleyi
Critically Endangered≈ 50-250

The Cerulean Flycatcher is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Chestnut-bellied Fantail
Rhipidura hyperythra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-bellied Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and…

Cinnamon-tailed Fantail
Rhipidura fuscorufa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinnamon-tailed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Dimorphic Fantail
Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dimorphic Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Drongo Fantail
Chaetorhynchus papuensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Drongo Fantail is an active fantail of New Guinea and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Dusky Fantail
Rhipidura tenebrosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dusky Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its tail…

Fiji Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura layardi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fiji Streaked Fantail is an active fantail of Fiji. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Friendly Fantail
Rhipidura albolimbata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Friendly Fantail is an active fantail of Fiji. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Gilolo Fantail
Rhipidura torrida
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gilolo Fantail is an active fantail of the Moluccas. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Gray Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its tail…

Guadalcanal Fantail
Rhipidura ocularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Guadalcanal Fantail is an active fantail of the Solomon Islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Kadavu Fantail
Rhipidura personata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kadavu Fantail is an active fantail of Fiji. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Long-tailed Fantail
Rhipidura opistherythra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-tailed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Louisiade Fantail
Rhipidura louisiadensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Louisiade Fantail is an active fantail of the Louisiade Archipelago. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Malaita Fantail
Rhipidura malaitae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malaita Fantail is an active fantail of the Solomon Islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves,…

Malaysian Pied-Fantail
Rhipidura javanica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malaysian Pied-Fantail is an active fantail of Java and nearby Indonesian islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through…

Mangrove Fantail
Rhipidura phasiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mangrove Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Manus Fantail
Rhipidura semirubra
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Manus Fantail is an active fantail of the Bismarck Archipelago. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Micronesian Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura versicolor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Micronesian Rufous Fantail is an active fantail of Micronesia. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Mindanao Blue-Fantail
Rhipidura superciliaris
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Mindanao Blue-Fantail is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Mussau Fantail
Rhipidura matthiae
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Mussau Fantail is an active fantail of the Bismarck Archipelago. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Natewa Silktail
Lamprolia klinesmithi
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Natewa Silktail is an active fantail of Fiji. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

New Caledonian Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura verreauxi
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The New Caledonian Streaked Fantail is an active fantail of New Caledonia. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

New Zealand Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The New Zealand Fantail is an active fantail of New Zealand. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Palau Fantail
Rhipidura lepida
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Palau Fantail is an active fantail of Palau. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Peleng Fantail
Rhipidura habibiei
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Peleng Fantail is an active fantail of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Philippine Pied-Fantail
Rhipidura nigritorquis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philippine Pied-Fantail is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Pohnpei Fantail
Rhipidura kubaryi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pohnpei Fantail is an active fantail of Pohnpei. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Rennell Fantail
Rhipidura rennelliana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rennell Fantail is an active fantail of Rennell Island. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Rufous-backed Fantail
Rhipidura rufidorsa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-backed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Rufous-tailed Fantail
Rhipidura phoenicura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-tailed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Samoan Fantail
Rhipidura nebulosa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Samoan Fantail is an active fantail of Samoa. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Santa Cruz Fantail
Rhipidura melanolaema
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Santa Cruz Fantail is an active fantail of the Santa Cruz Islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Solomons Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufofronta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Solomons Rufous Fantail is an active fantail of the Solomon Islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Sooty Thicket-Fantail
Rhipidura threnothorax
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sooty Thicket-Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Spot-breasted Fantail
Rhipidura albogularis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Spot-breasted Fantail is an active fantail of the Indian subcontinent. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Spotted Fantail
Rhipidura perlata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spotted Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Streak-breasted Fantail
Rhipidura dedemi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Streak-breasted Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Sulawesi Fantail
Rhipidura teysmanni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulawesi Fantail is an active fantail of Sulawesi and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Supertramp Fantail
Rhipidura semicollaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Supertramp Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks its…

Tablas Fantail
Rhipidura sauli
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Tablas Fantail is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Taliabu Fantail
Rhipidura sulaensis
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Taliabu Fantail is an active fantail of the Moluccas. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Taveuni Silktail
Lamprolia victoriae
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Taveuni Silktail is an active fantail of Fiji. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or gardens,…

Tawny-backed Fantail
Rhipidura superflua
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tawny-backed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura spilodera
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Vanuatu Streaked Fantail is an active fantail of Vanuatu. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub, mangroves, or…

Visayan Blue-Fantail
Rhipidura samarensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Visayan Blue-Fantail is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

Visayan Fantail
Rhipidura albiventris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Visayan Fantail is an active fantail of the Philippine islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…

White-bellied Fantail
Rhipidura euryura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-bellied Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

White-bellied Thicket-Fantail
Rhipidura leucothorax
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-bellied Thicket-Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and…

White-browed Fantail
Rhipidura aureola
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The White-browed Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

White-gorgeted Fantail
Rhipidura coultasi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-gorgeted Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

White-throated Fantail
White-throated Fantail
Rhipidura albicollis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The White-throated Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

White-winged Fantail
Rhipidura cockerelli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-winged Fantail is an active fantail of Australasian, Pacific, and Southeast Asian forests and wooded edges. It fans and flicks…

Willie-wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Willie-wagtail is an active fantail of Australia and nearby islands. It fans and flicks its tail while moving through forest, scrub,…