Fantails
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Rhipiduridae
The Fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders. There are 44 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra
- Sooty Thicket-fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Black Thicket-fantail Rhipidura maculipectus
- White-bellied Thicket-fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
- Gray Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Matthias Fantail Rhipidura matthiae (E)
- Bismarck Fantail Rhipidura dahli (E)
- Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra (E)
- Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea