Visayan blue fantail
| Visayan blue fantail | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Genus: | Rhipidura |
| Species: | R. samarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidura samarensis (Steere, 1890) | |
The Visayan blue fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.
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
- 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