Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (slash)

Your sightings

Related taxa

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none Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) eBird version 1.52 (v.?) eBird version 1.53 (v.?) eBird version 1.54 (v.?) eBird version 1.55 (v.?) eBird version 2015 (v.?) eBird version 2016 (v.?) eBird version 2017 (v.?) eBird version 2018 (v.?) eBird version 2019 (v.?) eBird version 2021 (v.?) eBird version 2022 (v.?) eBird version 2023 (v.?) eBird version 2024 (v.?) eBird version 2025 (v.?)

Other related concepts

• Dicrurus macrocercus (taxon group)
• Dicrurus leucophaeus (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bulgarian: Черно / Сиво дронго
Catalan: drongo reial/cendrós
Czech: drongo černý/kouřový
Danish: Sort Drongo/Askedrongo
German: Königs-/Graudrongo
English: Black or Ashy Drongo, Black/Ashy Drongo
English (Avilist): Black/Ashy Drongo
English, HBW: Black/Ashy Drongo
English (IOC): Black/Ashy Drongo
English (United States): Black/Ashy Drongo
Spanish: Drongo Real/Cenizo
Spanish (Spain): Drongo real/cenizo
Spanish (HBW): Black/Ashy Drongo
Estonian: nurmdrongo/tuhkdrongo
Persian: بوچانگای سیاه / بوچانگای خاکستری
Finnish: mustadrongo/tuhkadrongo
French: Drongo royal ou D. cendré
French (Guyane): Drongo royal ou D. cendré
Hindi: भुजंगा/स्लेटी भुजंगा
Croatian: crni/sivi drongo
Indonesian: Srigunting hitam/kelabu
Icelandic: Konungs-/öskudrungi
Japanese (romaji): ouchuu/haiiroouchuu
Japanese: オウチュウ/ハイイロオウチュウ
Scientific: Dicrurus [macrocercus or leucophaeus], Dicrurus macrocercus/leucophaeus
Malayalam: ആനറാഞ്ചി/കാക്കത്തമ്പുരൻ, ആനറാഞ്ചി/കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാൻ
Mongolian: Хар доронго/Үнсэн доронго, Хар/Үнсэн доронго
Nepali: कालो/ध्वाँसे चिबे
Dutch: Koningsdrongo/Grijze Drongo
Norwegian: svartdrongo/askedrongo
Polish: dziwogon czarny/popielaty
Portuguese (Portugal): drongo-real/drongo-cinzento
Russian: Черный/Пепельный дронго
Slovak: drongo lýrochvostý/popolavý
Serbian: Crni/pepeljasti drongo
Swedish: svart drongo/grå drongo
Thai: นกแซงแซวหางปลา/นกแซงแซวสีเทา
Turkish: Kara/kül rengi drongo
Ukrainian: Дронго чорний/сірий
Chinese: 黑卷尾/灰卷尾
Chinese (Hong Kong): 黑卷尾/灰卷尾
Chinese (Traditional): 大/灰卷尾, 黑卷尾/灰卷尾