Pygmy drongo

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Pygmy drongo
Scientific classification
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Family:
Rhipiduridae, see text
Genus:
Chaetorhynchus

Species:
C. papuensis
Binomial name
Chaetorhynchus papuensis
Meyer, 1874

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The pygmy drongo (Chaetorhynchus papuensis), also known as the pygmy drongo-fantail, drongo fantail, or Papuan drongo, is a species of 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]

References

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  2. Schodde R. & I. J. Mason (1999) The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, CSIRO.
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