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Mindanao blue fantail

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Mindanao blue fantail
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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R. superciliaris
Binomial name
Rhipidura superciliaris
(Sharpe, 1877)

The Mindanao blue fantail (Rhipidura superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is one of 47 species in the genus Rhipidura.

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

References

  • 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