Rhipiduridae
{{Short description|Family of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Rhipiduridae
| image = Grey fantail3444.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| image_caption = Grey fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
| taxon = Rhipiduridae
| authority = Sundevall, 1872
| subdivision = 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:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=July 2023 | title=Orioles, drongos, fantails | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/orioles/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=9 December 2023}}
- Subfamily Rhipidurinae:
- Rhipidura – typical fantails (51 species)
- Subfamily Lamproliinae:
- Chaetorhynchus – drongo fantail
- Eutrichomyias – cerulean flycatcher
- Lamprolia – silktails (2 species)