Additional Info

• Class:Aves
• Family:Rhipiduridae
• Scientific Name:Rhipidura samarensis (Steere, 1890)
• Common Name:Visayan blue fantail
• Description:Medium, long-tailed, sexes similar. Forehead and connected eyebrow cobalt blue; lores black; head, back, and rump blue; tail and wing feathers black with bright blue edges; throat and breast greyish blue; belly light blue grey. Bill black; eye dark brown; legs brownish grey.
• Ecological Role:Controls the population of its prey species composed of insects.
• Distribution:Mindanao PAIC endemic. Only found in Bohol, Leyte, and Samar.