Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis] (Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis])

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Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis]

Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis] (= Dicrurus hottentottus palawanensis) Tweeddale, A 1878

The Palawan drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the hair-crested drongo. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Dicruridae
Genus:
   Dicrurus
Scientific:
  Dicrurus hottentottus palawanensis

Original description

Citation:
Tweeddale, A 1878

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 3, Meeting of May 21, 1878 p.614

Protonym:
Dicrurus palawanensis

Type locality:
Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90451#page/200/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
57920319DF39B960

Avibase ID:
avibase-57920319

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/57920319

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924462

Geographic range:

Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis]: Palawan group and islets to northeast (southwestern Philippines)
Dicrurus hottentottus palawanensis: southern Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga, Mapun, Culion, and Balabac)
Dicrurus hottentottus cuyensis: Philippines (Cuyo and Semirara)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis]
French:
Drongo à crinière [palawanensis ou cuyensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Hair-crested Drongo [palawanensis or cuyensis] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [palawanensis or cuyensis])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis)
Clements, version 2023: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
Clements, version 2024: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
eBird version 2023: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
eBird version 2024: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Palawan Drongo ( Dicrurus palawanensis) [version 9]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Dicrurus hottentottus

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