Long-tailed triller

The long-tailed triller (Lalage leucopyga) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.

It is found in New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Two syntypes of Symmorphus (Lalage) affinis Tristram (Ibis, 1879, p.440), an adult female and male, are held in the vertebrate zoology collection of the National Museums Liverpool at the World Museum, with accession numbers NML-VZ T3961 and NML-VZ T3965, respectively.

The specimens were collected in Makira Harbour, San Cristobel, the Solomon Islands on 3 October 1878 and 27 August 1878, respectively, by G. E. Richards, R.N..

Syntype of Symmorphus ( Lalage ) affinis Tristram (NML-VZ T3961) held at the World Museum, the National Museums Liverpool
Syntype of Symmorphus ( Lalage ) affinis Tristram (NML-VZ T3965) held at the World Museum, the National Museums Liverpool