Family Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
Least Concern
Visayan Fantail (Rhipidura albiventris)
Taxonomy
French: Rhipidure des Visayas German: Weißbauch-Fächerschwanz Spanish: Abanico cabeciazul de las Bisayas
Taxonomy:
Philentoma albiventris
Sharpe
, 1877,Guimaras
.Distribution:
Ticao, Masbate, Panay, Guimaras and Negros, in C Philippines.
Descriptive notes
18 cm; 12–16 g. Male has head, mantle and uppermost back greyish blue, feather shafts lighter blue, remaining upperparts rufous, lores and ear-coverts blackish; often... read more
Voice
Commonest vocalization a short nasal “ket!”, repeated at irregular intervals or in rapid chattering... read more
Habitat
Wooded habitats, ranging from primary forest, particularly oak and pine, and forest edge to heavily... read more
Food and feeding
Insects, captured in short sallies. Feeds from understorey to 15 m. Joins mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
Breeding activity in Feb–May; eggs in Apr and nestling in fourth week of Apr. Nest a small cup placed on branch in relatively open... read more
Movements
Sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Restricted-range species: confined to the Negros and Panay EBA. Although there are no accurate estimates of this species’ population... read more
Until recently treated as conspecific with R. cyaniceps and R. sauli, but split first on molecular grounds#R. Differs also in its white vs rufous belly (3); stronger white shaft streaks on blue-grey breast (1); stronger (less olive-tinged) blue-grey mantle and upper back (1); slightly larger size (effect size for male bills 1.34, score 1); and strikingly different pace and pitch to structurally similar song, with note length 0.05–0.07 s vs 0.015–0.03 s (3); maximum frequency of base harmonic 1000 Hz vs 5000 Hz (4); and different note shape (ns[1])#R. Monotypic.