Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Chaetorhynchus papuensis Higher classification Chaetorhynchus Order Passerine | Family Rhipiduridae, see text Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Genus Chaetorhynchus
A.B. Meyer, 1874 Similar Sulawesi drongo, Sumatran drongo, Wallacean drongo, Hair‑crested drongo, Jobi manucode |
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. 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.
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