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

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

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)

References

^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Orioles, drongos, fantails". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[ioc-1] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Orioles, drongos, fantails". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

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