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
Citation:
(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Reference:
Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p. 53
Protonym:
Muscicapa divaricata
Avibase ID:
7763FEC88FDE29AC
Avibase ID:
avibase-7763FEC8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7763FEC8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924413
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): 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 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] |
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] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: 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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