Paradise Drongo

Paradise Drongo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicruridae
Genus:	Dicrurus
Species:	D. megarhynchus
Binomial name
Dicrurus megarhynchus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

The Paradise Drongo or Ribbon-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Historian Edward H. Schafer believes that the birds may be the same as the kalavinka birds of paradise mentioned in Buddhist texts.^[1][2]

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Dicrurus megarhynchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

1. ^ Chün-fang Yü, "Kuan-yin: the Chinese transformation of Avalokiteśvara" p. 30
2. ^ Laurence Picken, R. F. Wolpert, "Music from the Tang Court" p. 443

External links

• Image at ADW

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