Typical fantail

Rhipidura is a genus of passerine birds in the fantail family. It is the biggest genus of the family, and is additionally the only polytopic genus of the fantails.

Species in taxonomic order

 * Chestnut-bellied Fantail, Rhipidura hyperythra
 * Friendly Fantail, Rhipidura albolimbata
 * Samoan Fantail, Rhipidura nebulosa
 * Kadavu Fantail, Rhipidura personata
 * Streaked Fantail, Rhipidura spilodera or Rhipidura verreauxi
 * Brown Fantail, Rhipidura drownei
 * Dusky Fantail / Makira Fantail, Rhipidura tenebrosa
 * Rennell Fantail, Rhipidura rennelliana
 * Mangrove Fantail, Rhipidura phasiana
 * Grey Fantail, Rhipidura albiscapa
 * New Zealand Fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa
 * Lord Howe Fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina - extinct (c.1925)

"Leucocirca1"

 * Brown-capped Fantail, Leucocirca1 diluta

"Leucocirca2"

 * Sooty Thicket-Fantail, "Leucocirca2" threnothorax
 * Black Thicket-Fantail, "Leucocirca2" maculipectus
 * White-bellied Thicket-Fantail, "Leucocirca2" leucothorax

Leucocirca

 * Malayasian Pied-Fantail, Leucocirca javanica
 * Philippine Pied-Fantail, Leucocirca nigritorquis
 * Willie-wagtail, Leucocirca leucophrys
 * White-browed Fantail, Leucocirca aureola
 * White-spotted Fantail, Leucocirca albogularis
 * White-throated Fantail, Leucocirca albicollis

"Rhipidura"

 * Black Fantail, Rhipidura atra

Neomyias

 * Rufous-tailed Fantail, Neomyias phoenicurus
 * White-bellied Fantail, Neomyias euryurus
 * Spotted Fantail, Neomyias perlatus
 * Cinnamon-tailed Fantail, Neomyias fuscorufus
 * Northern Fantail, Neomyias rufiventris
 * Cockerell's Fantail / White-winged Fantail, Neomyias cockerelli

Cyanonympha

 * Black-and-cinnamon Fantail, Cyanonympha nigrocinnamomea
 * Visayan Blue-Fantail, Cyanonympha samarensis
 * Mindanao Blue-Fantail, Cyanonympha superciliaris
 * Blue-headed Fantail, Cyanonympha cyaniceps
 * Tablas Fantail, Cyanonympha sauli
 * Visayan Fantail, Cyanonympha albiventris

Howeavis

 * Rufous-backed Fantail, Howeavis rufidorsus
 * Dimorphic Fantail, Howeavis brachyrhynchus
 * Bismarck Fantail, Howeavis dahli
 * Matthias Fantail, Howeavis matthiae
 * Malaita Fantail, Howeavis malaitae
 * Arafura Fantail, Howeavis dryas
 * Pohnpei Fantail, Howeavis kubaryi
 * Manus Fantail, Howeavis semirubrus
 * Rufous Fantail, Howeavis rufifrons
 * Guam Rufous Fantail, Howeavis rufifrons uraniae - extinct (1984)
 * Palau Fantail, Howeavis lepidus
 * Streaky-breasted Fantail, Howeavis dedemi
 * Tawny-backed Fantail or Cinnamon-backed Fantail, Howeavis superfluus
 * Rusty-bellied Fantail or Rusty-flanked Fantail, Howeavis teysmanni
 * Long-tailed Fantail, Howeavis opistherythrus