Ribbon-tailed Drongo
Encyclopedia
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
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Historian Edward H. Schafer
believes that the birds may be the same as the kalavinka birds of paradise mentioned in Buddhist texts.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Dicruridae family.
It is endemic to Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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Historian Edward H. Schafer
Edward H. Schafer
Edward Hetzel Schafer, was a leading historian of Tang Dynasty China. He wrote ground-breaking works such as The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A study of Tang exotics and The Vermilion Bird: T'ang images of the South. Schafer wrote his Ph.D...
believes that the birds may be the same as the kalavinka birds of paradise mentioned in Buddhist texts.
