Biology:Blue-headed fantail

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Short description: Species of bird

Blue-headed fantail
Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) (7187399834).jpg
Blue-headed Fantail - Luzon - Philippines H8O0002 (18809090413).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. cyaniceps
Binomial name
Rhipidura cyaniceps
(Cassin, 1855)

The blue-headed fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) is a fantail endemic to the northern Philippines where it is found on the islands of Luzon and Catanduanes. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the Tablas fantail and Visayan fantail.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhipidura cyaniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103707823A94089722. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103707823A94089722.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103707823/94089722. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Sánchez-González, L. A.; Moyle, R. G. (2011). "Molecular systematics and species limits in the Philippine fantails (Aves: Rhipidura)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (2): 290–9. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.013. PMID 21722744. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3118420 entry