The black thicket fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

[3] The iris is dark brown, the beak is black with pinkish underside.

This species is also similar to Sooty thicket fantail (R. threnothorax) but that one has no white tip of the tale.

They are catching insects on the fly, by horizontal throws from a low perch.

[2] The voice is a rising, ringing, metallic song followed by a «wee-chuv!».