How big is a Visayan Blue Fantail?

The Visayan Blue Fantail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 13 g.

Where can you see a Visayan Blue Fantail?

The Visayan Blue Fantail is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Visayan Blue Fantail?

The Visayan Blue Fantail is most easily confused with the White-bellied Fantail, the Streak-breasted Fantail and the Black Thicket Fantail.

Is the Visayan Blue Fantail endangered?

The Visayan Blue Fantail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Visayan Blue Fantail

Rhipidura samarensis

Fantails and Silktails · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis) is a legendary fantails and silktail found only in the Philippines, weighing about 13 g. The Visayan blue fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.

Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicEats invertebratesforest13 g

Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

Visayan Blue Fantail (Rhipidura samarensis), photo 2 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Visayan Blue Fantail

The Visayan blue fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Bohol, Leyte and Samar. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously conspecific with the Mindanao blue fantail.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

Philippines

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, November, December, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Visayan Blue Fantail look like?: The Visayan blue fantail is a species of bird in the family Rhipiduridae.
How big is a Visayan Blue Fantail?: The Visayan Blue Fantail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 13 g.
Where can you see a Visayan Blue Fantail?: The Visayan Blue Fantail is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Visayan Blue Fantail?: The Visayan Blue Fantail is most easily confused with the White-bellied Fantail, the Streak-breasted Fantail and the Black Thicket Fantail.
Is the Visayan Blue Fantail endangered?: The Visayan Blue Fantail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Learn the Visayan Blue Fantail for real

BeakBrain drills you on photos and calls until you can greet this bird by name in the field. Free to play, on any device.

Play BeakBrain

Every photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.