Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Corvus hottentottus

Type locality:
  Cape of Good Hope. Based on 'le Choucas du Cap de Bonne Esperance,' Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 33, pi. 2, fig. 2. Type locality Chandernagor, southern Bengal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/159/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  00E2192FE0920AF7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-00E2192F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/00E2192F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559767

Geographic range:

• Dicrurus hottentottus hottentottus: India to Myanmar, northern Thailand, and southern Indochina
• Dicrurus hottentottus brevirostris: breeds central and southern China southward to northern Myanmar, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam; most of the population migrates southward, wintering in Indochina, Thailand, and Myanmar
• Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis: northern Borneo, Maratua, and Matasiri islands
• Dicrurus hottentottus jentincki: eastern Java, Bali, Masalembu, and Kangean Island
• Dicrurus hottentottus faberi: Panaitan Island and islands in Jakarta Bay, western Java
• Dicrurus hottentottus leucops: Sulawesi, Matasiri Island (Java Sea), Sangihe, and Siau
• Dicrurus hottentottus banggaiensis: Banggai Islands, off eastern Sulawesi
• Dicrurus hottentottus guillemardi: central Moluccas (Bisa and Obi)
• Dicrurus hottentottus pectoralis: Sula Islands (Taliabu, Mangole, and Sanana)
• Dicrurus hottentottus suluensis: Sulu Archipelago
• Dicrurus sumatranus viridinitens: Mentawai Islands (off Sumatra)
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