- Silktail
Taxobox
name = Silktail
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = down
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Monarchidae
genus = "Lamprolia"
genus_authority = Finsch, 1874
species = "L. victoriae"
binomial = "Lamprolia victoriae"
binomial_authority = Finsch, 1874The Silktail, "Lamprolia victoriae" is a small black bird with rounded wings, iridescent metallic blue crown and breast, silky white lower-back patch and white rounded pattern tail. It is the only member of the genus "
Lamprolia ".Though this beautiful bird looks superficially like a
bird of paradise , it is amonarch flycatcher . The Silktail is endemic to forests ofTaveuni andVanua Levu islands ofFiji . While still common on Taveuni, it is rare on Vanua Levu. The diet consists mainly of insects, worms andarthropods .Due to continuing habitat loss, limited range and declining population, the Silktail is evaluated as Near Threatened on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6142&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
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