Chaetorhynchus Papuensis Bird
Chaetorhynchus Papuensis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chaetorhynchus papuensis Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 69 p.493
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Rhipiduridae / Chaetorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: papdro1
Type Locality: Arfak Mountains.
Author: Meyer, AB
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHAETORHYNCHUS
(Rhipiduridae; Ϯ Drongo Fantail C. papuensis) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long hair; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "Rictal bristles very long, projecting beyond the tip of the bill." (Vaurie 1949); "Chaetorhynchus n. g. ... Nasenlöcher seitlich, rund und zum Theil von den Nasenfedern, ganz von den Borsten überdeckt. Borsten an der Schnabelbasis sehr stark und lang, länger als der Schnabel. ... Diese neue Gattung schliesst sich der Gattung Dicrurus an, unterscheidet sich jedoch von ihr durch den Schnabelbau, welcher ein ausgesprochen Lanius-artiger ist, durch die sehr bedeutende Länge der Schnabelborsten und durch die Form des nicht gabeligen Schwanzes. Chaetorhynchus papuensis n. sp." (Meyer 1874); "Chaetorhynchus Meyer, 1874, Sitzungsb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl., 69 (1), p. 493. Type, by monotypy, Chaetorhynchus papuensis Meyer," (Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 137). The Drongo Fantail is here treated as a distinctive bird allied to Lamprolia and Rhipidura, but because of its disputed relationships it has, in the past, been variously known as Pygmy Drongo, Bristle Monarch, Bristled Fantail, or Papuan Silktail. It may warrant separation in a monogeneric family (Chaetorhynchidae), or inclusion, with Lamprolia and Eutrichomyias, in Lamproliidae.
papuanus / papuense / papuensis
Papua or New Guinea.
● ex “Petit Lori Papou” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Papouan Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Charmosyna papou).
● ex “Choucari de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 630, and “Papuan Crow” of Latham 1781 (Coracina).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 707, fig. 2, “Manikor” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Papuan Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dicaeum australe).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)