1947
A new race of Dicrurus from the Island Morotai (N. Moluccas)
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Zoologische Mededelingen , Volume 28 - Issue 12 p. 285- 286
In preparing a Handlist of the birds of the Moluccan islands, I found among the material in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, a race of Dicrurus that needs description: Dicrurus bracteatus morotaiensis nov. subspec. Diagnosis: Distinguished from atrocaeruleus Gray (1860) — Batjan and Halmahera — by smaller culmen and wing. Habitat: Island Morotai (N. Moluccas). Measurements in mm: ♂♂ culmen: 29; 29; 28.5; 28.5; 30 wing: 150; 148; 147; 152; 149 ♀♀ culmen: 27; 29; 30 wing: 149; 147; 145. For comparison the following measurements are given: Halmahera: ♂♂ culmen: 32; 32; 32; 31; 33; 33; 32; 32 wing: 162; 161; 175; 169; 166; 169; 168; 168 ♀♀ culmen: 32; 34; 33; 31; 31 wing: 160; 165; 168; 162; 162 sex inc. culmen: 32; 32; 31; 33 wing: 159; 167; 163; 172 Batjan: ♂♂ culmen: 31; wing: 170; ♀♀ culmen: 31; 30; 32; 31; 30; 30 wing: 158; 163; 169; 162; 158; 161 sex inc. culmen: 31; 32; 32; 31; 31; 33 wing: 164; 169; 165; 165; 163; 172
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van Bemmel, A. C. V. (1947). A new race of Dicrurus from the Island Morotai (N. Moluccas). Zoologische Mededelingen, 28(12), 285–286. |