Visayan blue fantail

The Visayan blue fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

Visayan blue fantail

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. samarensis
Binomial name
Rhipidura samarensis
(Steere, 1890)

It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously conspecific with the Mindanao blue fantail.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Rhipidura samarensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103708706A104310737. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103708706A104310737.en. Downloaded on 09 December 2018.
  • Sánchez-González, L.A., and R.G. Moyle. 2011. Molecular systematic and species limits in the Philippine fantails (Aves: Rhipidura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 290-299
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