Fan-tails (genus)
The fantail is a genus of passerine birds from the fantail family.
Most species are 15 to 18 cm long and specialize in catching flying insects.
The main area of ​​distribution of fantail is the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand is home to three endemic subspecies of the gray fantail R. fuliginosa. The white-fronted fan-tailed R. aureola is common in India, Southeast Asia, and southern China. Australia is also home to the red-fronted fantail R. rufifrons and the black-and-white fantail R. leucophrys, which, with a body length of 23 cm, is one of the largest fan-tails and hunts, along with flying insects, also for prey on earth.
1. Classification
As of January 2020, 49 species are included in the genus:
- Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea Hartert, 1903 - Philippine Fantail
- Rhipidura sulaensis Neumann, 1939
- Rhipidura maculipectus G. R. Gray, 1858 - Spotted Fantail
- Rhipidura superciliaris Sharpe, 1877 - Blue-spine fantail
- Rhipidura albiventris Sharpe, 1877
- Rhipidura atra Salvadori, 1876 - Black Fantail
- Rhipidura nigritorquis Vigors, 1831
- Rhipidura euryura S. Muller, 1843 - Short-footed fan-tailed
- Rhipidura tenebrosa E. P. Ramsay, 1882 - Dusky Fantail
- Rhipidura drownei Mayr, 1931 - Mountain Fantail
- Rhipidura phasiana De Vis, 1885
- Rhipidura phoenicura S. Muller, 1843 - Red Lumbar Fantail
- Rhipidura fuliginosa Sparrman, 1787 - Gray fantail
- Rhipidura superflua Hartert, 1899 - Buruan fantail
- Rhipidura lepida Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 - Palauan Fantail
- Rhipidura leucothorax Salvadori, 1874 - White-breasted fantail
- Rhipidura threnothorax S. Muller, 1843 - Variegated Fantail
- Rhipidura leucophrys Latham, 1801 - Black and white fantail
- Rhipidura samarensis Steere, 1890
- Rhipidura javanica Sparrman, 1788 - Collar Fantail
- Rhipidura matthiae Heinroth, 1902 - Black-breasted Fantail
- Rhipidura kubaryi Finsch, 1876
- Rhipidura opistherythra P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Red-backed fantail
- Rhipidura hyperythra G. R. Gray, 1858 - Brown-bellied Fantail
- Rhipidura semirubra P. L. Sclater, 1877
- Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840
- Rhipidura albolimbata Salvadori, 1874 - Gray-bellied Fantail
- Rhipidura rufiventris Vieillot, 1818 - Widow Fantail
- Rhipidura diluta Wallace, 1864
- Rhipidura personata E. P. Ramsay, 1875 - Kandavu fantail
- Rhipidura verreauxi Marie, 1870
- Rhipidura cockerelli E. P. Ramsay, 1879 - Cockerell's Fantail
- Rhipidura dahli Reichenow, 1897 - Gray-necked fantail
- Rhipidura dedemi van Oort, 1911 - Seram fan-tail
- Rhipidura malaitae Mayr, 1931 - Malaite Fantail
- Rhipidura albicollis Vieillot, 1818 - White-necked Fantail
- Rhipidura rufidorsa A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Gray-breasted fantail
- Rhipidura rennelliana Mayr, 1931 - Rennell's Fantail
- Rhipidura fuscorufa P. L. Sclater, 1883
- Rhipidura brachyrhyncha Schlegel, 1871 - Dimorphic fantail
- Rhipidura nebulosa Peale, 1849 - Samoan Fantail
- Rhipidura albogularis R. Lesson, 1831 - White-chinned fantail
- Rhipidura aureola R. Lesson, 1831 - White-fronted fantail
- Rhipidura perlata S. Muller, 1843 - Pearl-breasted fantail
- Rhipidura sauli Bourns & Worcester, 1894
- Rhipidura rufifrons Latham, 1801 - Red-fronted fantail
- Rhipidura teysmanni Buttikofer, 1892 - Celebesky fan-tail
- Rhipidura dryas Gould, 1843
- Rhipidura cyaniceps Cassin, 1855 - Blue-headed Fantail
In 2020, another species of the genus was described: Rhipidura habibiei Rheindt et al., 2020.
The golden-bellied fantail, which previously belonged to the genus, together with 3 other genera, was isolated into a separate family of stenostyra on the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies.
