Blue-headed fantail
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]
Blue-headed fantail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhipiduridae |
Genus: | Rhipidura |
Species: | R. cyaniceps |
Binomial name | |
Rhipidura cyaniceps (Cassin, 1855) | |
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Rhipidura cyaniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
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