The drongo fantail (Chaetorhynchus papuensis), also known as the pygmy drongo, is a species of passerine bird endemic to the island of New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Chaetorhynchus.[2] The species was long placed within the drongo family Dicruridae, but it differs from others in that family in having twelve rectrices instead of ten. Molecular analysis also supports moving the species out from the drongo family, instead placing it as a sister species to the silktail of Fiji, and both those species in the fantail family Rhipiduridae.[3]
| Drongo fantail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhipiduridae |
| Subfamily: | Lamproliinae |
| Genus: | Chaetorhynchus A.B. Meyer, 1874 |
| Species: | C. papuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetorhynchus papuensis Meyer, 1874
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Chaetorhynchus papuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22706924A130425991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22706924A130425991.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Orioles, drongos, fantails". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Irested, Martin; Fuchs, J; Jønsson, KA; Ohlson, JI; Pasquet, E; Ericson, Per G.P. (2009). "The systematic affinity of the enigmatic Lamprolia victoriae (Aves: Passeriformes)—An example of avian dispersal between New Guinea and Fiji over Miocene intermittent land bridges?" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (3): 1218–1222. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.038. PMID 18620871.
External links
edit- Image at ADW Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
