Dicrurus hottentottus [incl. viridinitens, menagei] (Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei])

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Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei]

Dicrurus hottentottus [incl. viridinitens, menagei] (= Dicrurus hottentottus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Corvus hottentottus

Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope. Based on 'le Choucas du Cap de Bonne Esperance,' Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 33, pi. 2, fig. 2. Type locality Chandernagor, southern Bengal.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/159/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
C8024761C1491F72

Avibase ID:
avibase-C8024761

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C8024761

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559767

English:
Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei]
French:
Drongo à crinière [incl. viridinitens, menagei]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Hair-crested Drongo [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Hair-crested Drongo [incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Hair-crested Drongo [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Hair-crested Drongo [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei] ( Dicrurus hottentottus [hottentottus, incl. viridinitens, menagei])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Hair-crested Drongo ( Dicrurus hottentottus) [version 5]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Hair-crested Drongo ( Dicrurus hottentottus) [version 5]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Dicrurus [hottentottus, menagei, sumatranus or bracteatus]

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