Paradise Drongo
Dicrurus megarhynchus(Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
English (US) Paradise Drongo
The Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) 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 Dicruridae (Drongos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus megarhynchus
- Family
- Dicruridae (Drongos)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Paradise Drongo
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Edolius megarhynchus
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
- Type locality
- ? 'Dorey, New Guinea, error for Port Praslin, New Ireland.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.184
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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