Blue-headed Fantail
Rhipidura cyaniceps(Cassin, J, 1855)
English (US) Blue-headed Fantail
The Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rhipiduridae (Fantails and Silktails) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura cyaniceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Fantail
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Rhipidura cyaniceps pinicola
- Rhipidura cyaniceps cyaniceps
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscipeta cyaniceps
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1855)
- Type locality
- Philippine Islands; restricted to Mt. Makiling (Maquiling), Laguna Province, Luzon, by Parkes, 1958, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1891, p. 2.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 p.438
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Brown-capped Fantail
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