The greater racket-tailed drongo is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae. They are conspicuous in the forest habitats often perching in the open and by attracting attention with a wide range of loud calls that include perfect imitations of many other birds. One hypothesis suggested is that these vocal imitations may help in the formation of mixed-species foraging flocks, a feature seen in forest bird communities where many insect feeders forage together. These drongos will sometimes steal insect prey caught or disturbed by other foragers in the flock and another idea is that vocal mimicry helps them in diverting the attention of smaller birds to aid their piracy. They are diurnal but are active well before dawn and late at dusk. Owing to their widespread distribution and distinctive regional variation, they have become iconic examples of speciation by isolation and genetic drift. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Cuculus paradiseus
Type locality:
Siam. Based on 'le Coucou verd [sic], hupe de Siam, Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 4, p. 151, fig. 1, pi. 14. Restricted to the region between Ayuthia and the head of the Gulf of Siam, bv Kloss (1919, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soe. Siam, 3, p. 453).i
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/176/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
2042CD4209B252E5
Avibase ID:
avibase-2042CD42
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2042CD42
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559773
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2021: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dicrurus paradiseus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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