Visayan fantail

The Visayan fantail (Rhipidura albiventris) is a fantail endemic to the Philippines (islands of Negros, Panay, Guimaras, Masbate and Ticao). Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the blue-headed fantail and Tablas fantail.

Visayan fantail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species:
R. albiventris
Binomial name
Rhipidura albiventris
(Sharpe, 1877)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhipidura albiventris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103707879A104309606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103707879A104309606.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  • 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.
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