Taveuni silktail
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The Taveuni silktail (Lamprolia victoriae) is a species of bird endemic to Fiji. This beautiful bird looks superficially like a diminutive bird-of-paradise but it is actually closely related to the fantails.
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Taveuni silktail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhipiduridae |
Genus: | Lamprolia |
Species: | L. victoriae |
Binomial name | |
Lamprolia victoriae Finsch, 1874 | |
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Finsch named the species after Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, who was then Crown Princess of Germany.[2]