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The Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. Feeding on insects, it is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of King Crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting Black Drongo. Previously considered a subspecies (Dicrurus adsimilis macrocercus) of the African Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), it is now recognized as a full species. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Dicruridae
Genus:
Dicrurus
Scientific:
Dicrurus macrocercus
Citation:
Vieillot, 1817
Reference:
Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. p.588
Protonym:
Dicrurus macrocercus
Avibase ID:
D90F9B0BBDBA5E57
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D90F9B0B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179656
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Drongo royal ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Drongo royal ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters: Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Black Drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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