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 LC    Blue Fantail* Id (Atlas):
    Rhipidura superciliaris

Description (9)
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Family
Rhipiduridae (Fantails)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)
Philippines (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

 
Mindanao Blue Fantail (Rhipidura superciliaris) [XC69418]
     by Ross Gallardy from Mindanao; Zamboanga, Pasonanca Watershed Reserve, Cabonegro, Philippines (call)

 
Mindanao Blue Fantail (Rhipidura superciliaris) [XC321164]
     by Jelle Scharringa from PICOP, Bislig, Mindanao, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • samarensis (Sharpe, 1877)   -  East-central Philippines (Samar, Leyte, Bohol). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis).
  • apo Hachisuka, 1930   -  Mindanao (except west), in southern Philippines.
  • superciliaris (Sharpe, 1877)   -  Western Mindanao (western Zamboanga Peninsula) and Basilan.



References
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Files:
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