Belongs within: Corvoidea.
Rhipidura includes the fantails, small insectivorous birds found in Australasia and southern Asia. Fantails have long rounded tails that are often held fanned out (hence the vernacular name); they also have the wings characteristically drooped and held away from the body when not in flight.
The willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys is a particularly large and distinctive member of the genus, with black upperparts, white underparts and a white stripe above the eye. The Mindanao blue fantail R. superciliaris and Visayan blue fantail R. samarensis are blue-plumaged species found in the Philippines (Arlott & Perlo 2021).
<==Rhipidura Vigors & Horsfield 1827 [incl. Leucocerca Strickland 1841, Leucocirca Swainson 1838; Rhipidurinae]CC10
|--+--R. nigrocinnamomeaBKB15
| `--+--R. cyanicepsBKB15
| `--R. superciliarisBKB15
`--+--+--R. atraBKB15
| `--+--R. perlataBKB15
| `--+--R. fuscorufaBKB15
| `--+--R. cockerelliBKB15
| `--R. rufiventris (Vieillot 1818)BKB15, WS48 [=Platyrhynchos rufiventrisWS48]
| |--R. r. rufiventrisWS48
| |--R. r. gularisJ06
| `--R. r. isura Gould 1840 [incl. R. setora (l. c.) tormenti Mathews 1912]WS48
`--+--+--+--R. dilutaBKB15
| | `--+--R. leucothoraxBKB15
| | `--R. threnothoraxBKB15
| `--+--R. leucophrys (Latham 1802)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--R. l. leucophrysWS48
| | |--R. l. carteri (Mathews 1921) [=Leucocirca leucophrys carteri]WS48
| | |--R. l. melaleucaJ06
| | `--R. l. picata Gould 1848WS48
| `--+--R. javanicaBKB15
| `--+--R. albicollisBKB15
| `--R. aureolaBKB15
`--+--+--R. rufidorsaBKB15
| `--+--R. brachyrhynchaBKB15
| `--+--R. dahliBKB15
| `--+--R. teysmanniBKB15
| `--+--R. dryas Gould 1842BKB15, WS48 [=R. rufifrons dryasWS48; incl. R. rufifrons parryi Mathews 1912WS48]
| `--R. rufifrons (Latham 1801)BKB15, WS48 [=Muscicapa rufifronsWS48]
| |--R. r. rufifronsM03
| `--R. r. intermediaM03
`--+--+--R. albolimbataBKB15
| `--R. hyperythraBKB15
`--+--R. spiloderaBKB15
`--+--+--R. tenebrosaBKB15
| `--R. verreauxiBKB15
`--+--R. rennellianaBKB15
`--+--R. albiscapa Gould 1840BKB15, CC10 [=R. fuliginosa albiscapaM03]
| |--R. a. albiscapaCC10
| |--R. a. alisteri Mathews 1911CC10 (see below for synonymy)
| `--R. a. pelzelni Gray 1862 (see below for synonymy)CC10
`--+--R. fuliginosa (Sparrman 1787)BKB15, CC10 [=Muscicapa fuliginosaCC10]
| |--R. f. fuliginosa (see below for synonymy)CC10
| |--R. f. albicaudaM03
| |--R. f. keastiM03
| |--R. f. penita Bangs 1911 (see below for synonymy)CC10
| |--R. f. placabilis Bangs 1921 (see below for synonymy)CC10
| `--R. f. preissi Cabanis 1851 [incl. R. flabellifera subphasiana Mathews 1912]WS48
`--R. phasianaBKB15 [=R. fuliginosa phasianaSJ85]
Rhipidura incertae sedis:
R. albiventrisAP21
R. albogularisAP21
R. bulgeriS13
R. cervinaM03 [=R. fuliginosa cervinaD81]
R. dedemiJT12
R. drowneiJT12
|--R. d. drowneiANM14
`--R. d. ocularisANM14
R. euryuraJT12
R. kubaryiJT12
R. lepidaJT12
R. maculipectusJT12
R. malaitaeJT12
R. matthiaeJT12
R. motacilloidesR87b
R. nebulosaJT12
R. nigritorquisAP21
R. opistherythraJT12
‘Leucocerca’ pectoralisB66
R. personataJT12
R. phoenicuraJT12
R. samarensisAP21
R. sauliAP21
R. semirubraJT12
R. setosaR87a
R. sulaensisAP21
R. superfluaJT12
Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri Mathews 1911CC10 [=R. fuliginosa alisteriM03; incl. Motacilla caerulescens Latham 1802CC10, Zosterops caerulescensCC10]
Rhipidura albiscapa pelzelni Gray 1862 [=R. flabellifera pelzelni, R. fuliginosa pelzelni, R. assimilis Pelzeln 1860 non Gray 1858]CC10
Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa (Sparrman 1787) [incl. Muscicapa deserti Gmelin 1789, Mu. flabellifera Gmelin 1789, *Rhipidura flabellifera, R. melanura Gray in Dieffenbach 1843, Leucocerca melanura, R. sombre Hombron & Jacquinot in Dumont d’Urville 1853, R. tristis Hombron & Jacquinot in Dumont d’Urville 1853, Mostacilla (l. c. for Motacilla) ventilabrum Forster 1794, Muscicapa ventilabrum]CC10
Rhipidura fuliginosa penita Bangs 1911 [=R. flabillifera (l. c.) penitus, R. flabellifera penitus, R. fuliginosa penitus]CC10
Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis Bangs 1921 [=R. flabellifera placabilis, R. flabellifera kempi Mathews & Iredale 1913 non R. rufifrons kempi Mathews 1912, R. flabellifera melandae Mathews 1926]CC10
Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham 1802)BKB15, CC10 [=Turdus leucophrysCC10, Leucocirca leucophrysCC10; incl. *L. laticaudaCC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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