Biology:Mindanao blue fantail

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Short description: Species of bird

Mindanao blue fantail
Blue Fantail - Mindanao - Philippines H8O1686 (19242108890).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. superciliaris
Binomial name
Rhipidura superciliaris
(Sharpe, 1877)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q181317 entry