Visayan Blue Fantail
Rhipidura samarensis(Steere, JB, 1890)
English (US) Visayan Blue Fantail
The Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) 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.
Range: Bohol, Leyte, and Samar (east-central Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura samarensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Visayan Blue Fantail
- Described by
- (Steere, JB, 1890)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Setaria Samarensis
- Described by
- (Steere, JB, 1890)
- Type locality
- Samar, Leyte; type from Catbalogan, Samar, fide Hachisuka, 1935, Birds Philippine Islands, 2, p. 316.
- Original description
- A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and with brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species p.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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