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Silktails
Silktail
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Corvida
Superfamily: Corvoidea
Family: Lamproliidae
Wolters, 1977
Species
  • Eutrichomyias rowleyi
  • Chaetorhynchus papuensis
  • Lamprolia victoriae
Synonyms

Dicruridae
Monarchidae

Silktails, family Lamproliidae is a family of corvoid passerines. It contains three species, which were once regarded as monarch flycatchers and drongos.


References[]

Sterna diversity This article is part of Project Bird Families, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird family, including made-up families.
Hemipus picatus This article is part of Project Bird Taxonomy, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every order, family and other taxonomic rank related to birds.
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