Drongos (Dicruridae)

Pygmy Drongo (Chaetorhynchus papuensis) - HBW 14, p. 206

French: Drongo papou German: Rundschwanzdrongo Spanish: Drongo Papú
Other common names: Mountain Drongo, Papuan (Mountain) Drongo

Taxonomy: Chaetorhynchus papuensis A. B. Meyer, 1874, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
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, W populations (mean male wing measurement 122 mm) on average larger than those in SE (118 mm), with intermediate values in intervening regions. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of New Guinea.