Drongo Fantail
Chaetorhynchus papuensisMeyer, AB, 1874
English (US) Drongo Fantail
The Drongo Fantail (Chaetorhynchus papuensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rhipiduridae (Fantails and Silktails) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane forest of New Guinea including Yule IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Drongo Fantail
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1874
- Type locality
- Arfak Mountains.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 p.493
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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