Rhipiduridae

The family Rhipiduridae are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent that includes the fantails and silktails.

Rhipiduridae
Grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Family:	Rhipiduridae Sundevall, 1872
Genera
see text

Taxonomy and systematics

The family contains 55 species which are divided into four genera:^[1]

• Subfamily Rhipidurinae:
  • Rhipidura – typical fantails (51 species)
• Subfamily Lamproliinae:
  • Chaetorhynchus – drongo fantail
  • Eutrichomyias – cerulean flycatcher
  • Lamprolia – silktails (2 species)