Drongo Fantail (Chaetorhynchus papuensis) [XC561214]
by Iain Woxvold from Bilbilokabip, Ok Tedi headwaters, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Drongo Fantail (Chaetorhynchus papuensis) [XC307040]
by Iain Woxvold from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Considered the most primitive drongo, differing from Dicrurus in having twelve (not ten) rectrices. Recent molecular-genetic study, however, indicates that genus may belong in fantail family (Rhipiduridae). Clinal variation in size, western populations (mean male wing measurement 122 mm) on average larger than those in south-eastern (118 mm), with intermediate values in intervening regions.