Visayan blue fantail
Visayan blue fantail | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 eastern Visayas (Philippines) : Bohol, Leyte and Samar. 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103708706A104310737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103708706A104310737.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 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
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Rhipidura
- Endemic birds of the Philippines
- Fauna of the Visayas
- Birds described in 1890
- Taxa named by Joseph Beal Steere
- Corvoidea stubs