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Three feeding methods are described for Fantails (Rhipidura fuliginosa): hawking, flushing, and feeding associations. Hawking Fantails cover large distances, use any available perch, and often feed above the forest canopy. Flushing Fantails cover small distances, perch on twigs and small branches, and feed mostly within the canopy or on the ground. Fantails in feeding associations feed where the species being followed feeds. Changes in the proportion of use of each feeding method in relation to breeding stage are described; the sexes did not differ in feeding methods during breeding. By using several feeding methods, Fantails forage in a wider range of microhabitats and so may obtain a wider range of prey than they would by only one method.