Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 14 g

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 1 — Photo: Noel Reynolds · CC BY 2.0

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 2 — Photo: Chetatata · CC BY 4.0

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Pauline Carmel Joy Eje, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Peter Quakenbush, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Blue-headed Fantail

The blue-headed fantail is a fantail endemic to the northern Philippines where it is found on the islands of Luzon and Catanduanes. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the Tablas fantail and Visayan fantail.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Philippines

When to see it

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Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Black FantailRhipidura atraThe black fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

Spotted FantailRhipidura perlataThe spotted fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

Palau FantailRhipidura lepidaThe Palau fantail is a typical fantail, short-bodied and long-tailed, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in).

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