Glossy-backed Drongo
Dicrurus divaricatus (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)
The glossy-backed drongo is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It occurs in sub-Saharan Africa from south Mauritania and Senegambia across to Somalia and northern Kenya. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Dicruridae
Genus:
Dicrurus
Scientific:
Dicrurus divaricatus
Original description
Citation:
(Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)
Reference:
Verz. Doubl. zool. Mus. K. Univ. Berlin
Protonym:
Muscicapa divaricata
Type locality:
Senegambia.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89675#page/72/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
7763FEC88FDE29AC
Avibase ID:
avibase-7763FEC8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7763FEC8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924413
Geographic range:
- Dicrurus divaricatus divaricatus: southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea, eastward to southeastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria (Lake Chad)
- Dicrurus divaricatus lugubris: southwestern Chad (Lake Chad) eastward to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia, southward to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and northern Kenya
Glossy-backed Drongo
German:
Glanzmanteldrongo
Spanish:
Drongo Satinado
Spanish (Spain):
Drongo satinado
French:
Drongo de Lichtenstein
Croatian:
Sahelski drongo
Hungarian:
Szuaheli drongó
Japanese:
クロオウチュウ (divaricatus)
Dutch:
Glansrugdrongo
Norwegian:
savannedrongo (divaricatus)
Polish:
dziwogon sahelski
Portuguese:
drongo-de-dorso-brilhante
Portuguese (Portugal):
drongo-de-dorso-brilhante
Russian:
Сахельский дронго
Slovak:
drongo savanový
Serbian:
Sjajnoleđi drongo
Swedish:
saheldrongo
Ukrainian:
дронго савановий
Chinese:
亮背卷尾
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Fork-tailed Drongo (Glossy-backed) ( Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus/lugubris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Fork-tailed Drongo (Glossy-backed) ( Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus/lugubris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Glossy-backed Drongo ( Dicrurus divaricatus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Dicrurus [adsimilis or divaricatus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Glanzmanteldrongo
English: Fork-tailed Drongo (Glossy-backed), Glossy-backed Drongo
English, HBW: Fork-tailed Drongo (Glossy-backed)
English (IOC): Glossy-backed Drongo
English (United States): Glossy-backed Drongo
Esperanto: Savana drongo
Spanish: Drongo Satinado
Spanish (Spain): Drongo satinado
Estonian: Savannidrongo
French: Drongo brillant, Drongo de Lichtenstein, Drongo de Lichtenstein (divaricatus)
Croatian: Sahelski drongo
Hungarian: Szuaheli drongó
Japanese: クロオウチュウ (divaricatus)
Scientific: Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus, Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus/lugubris, Dicrurus divaricatus, Dicrurus divaricatus divaricatus, Muscicapa divaricata
Dutch: Fluweeldrongo, Glansrugdrongo
Norwegian: Savannedrongo, savannedrongo (divaricatus)
Polish: dziwogon sahelski, Dziwogon sawannowy
Portuguese: drongo-de-dorso-brilhante
Portuguese (Portugal): drongo-de-dorso-brilhante
Rhaeto-Romance: Drongo da la savanna
Russian: Западноафриканский дронго, Сахельский дронго
Slovak: drongo savanový
Serbian: Sjajnoleđi drongo
Swedish: saheldrongo
Turkish: Abanoz drongosu
Ukrainian: Дронго (вилохвостий) савановий, дронго савановий
Chinese: 亮背卷尾
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