Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Silktail (Lamprolia victoriae) - HBW 11, p. 322
French: Monarque queue-de-soie
German: Lamprolia
Spanish: Monarca Lamprolia
Other common names: Satin Flycatcher(!)
Taxonomy: Lamprolia victoriae Finsch, 1874, Taveuni, Fiji.
Systematic position long uncertain; has been placed with e.g. Australasian robins (Petroicidae), and suggested as being possibly a member of the birds-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae) or as constituting a separate family of its own. Currently regarded as an aberrant member of present family, but molecular-genetic studies required. Race kleinschmidti originally published as “klinesmithi”, based on anglicized version of the German collector’s name; original description nowhere mentions the correct, German spelling of collector’s name, so original spelling should stand; h.. View all taxonomy...
Systematic position long uncertain; has been placed with e.g. Australasian robins (Petroicidae), and suggested as being possibly a member of the birds-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae) or as constituting a separate family of its own. Currently regarded as an aberrant member of present family, but molecular-genetic studies required. Race kleinschmidti originally published as “klinesmithi”, based on anglicized version of the German collector’s name; original description nowhere mentions the correct, German spelling of collector’s name, so original spelling should stand; however, prevailing usage, as now strongly supported by the Code, is overwhelmingly in favour of retaining “kleinschmidti”. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kleinschmidti E. P. Ramsay, 1876 - E Vanua Levu (Natewa Peninsula), in N Fiji.
- victoriae Finsch, 1874 - Taveuni (N Fiji).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Bird in dense rainforest feeding on or near ground. Locality Vidawa, Bouma National Heritage Park, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp victoriae)
Tom Tarrant 10 June 2008 3 years ago 40 sec 3 -
An adult bird feeding on moss, seen in slow motion Locality Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp victoriae)
Luc Fazio 14 August 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 2.1
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