Visayan blue fantail
Appearance
Visayan blue fantail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhipiduridae |
Genus: | Rhipidura |
Species: | R. samarensis
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Binomial name | |
Rhipidura samarensis (Steere, 1890)
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The Visayan blue fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
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
- ^ 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