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Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817

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




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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:

  • Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus: Peninsular India
  • Dicrurus macrocercus albirictus: SE Iran to Afghanistan and n India
  • Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus: breeds central and eastern China, Myanmar, northern Thailand, and northen Indochina; northern populations migrate south to southeastern China, Indochina, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, northwestern Borneo, and Sumatra
  • Dicrurus macrocercus minor: Sri Lanka
  • Dicrurus macrocercus thai: S Myanmar, s Thailand and s Vietnam
  • Dicrurus macrocercus harterti: Taiwan
  • Dicrurus macrocercus javanus: Java and Bali
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black Drongo
Catalan:
drongo reial
Czech:
drongo černý
Danish:
Sort Drongo
German:
Königsdrongo
Spanish:
Drongo Real
Spanish (Spain):
Drongo Real
Finnish:
mustadrongo
French:
Drongo royal
Croatian:
crni drongo
Hungarian:
királydrongó
Icelandic:
Konungsdrungi
Italian:
Drongo nero
Japanese (romaji):
ouchuu
Japanese:
オウチュウ
Lithuanian:
Juodasis drongas
Dutch:
Koningsdrongo
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartdrongo
Norwegian:
Svartdrongo
Polish:
dziwogon dlugosterny
Portuguese:
Drongo-real
Russian:
Чёрный дронго
Slovak:
drongo lýrochvostý
Serbian:
Crni drongo
Swedish:
svart drongo
Ukrainian:
Дронго чорний
Chinese:
黑卷尾
Chinese (Traditional):
黑卷尾

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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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):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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James Lee Peters:
Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
Dicrurus macrocercus [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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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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Bengali: কালা ফিঙে
Catalan: drongo reial
Czech: Drongo cerný, drongo černý
Danish: Sort Drongo
German: Asientrauerdrongo, Königsdrongo
English: Black Drongo, King Crow, King drongo, Kingcrow
English (IOC): Black Drongo
Spanish: Drongo Real
Spanish (Spain): Drongo Real
Spanish (HBW): Drongo real
Estonian: nurmdrongo
Persian: بوچانگای سیاه
Finnish: Mustadrongo
French: Drongo ordinaire, Drongo royal
Croatian: crni drongo
Hungarian: királydrongó
Indonesian: Burung Srigunting Hitam, Srigunting hitam
Icelandic: Konungsdrungi
Italian: Drongo nero
Japanese (romaji): ōchū, Ouchu, ouchuu
Japanese: オウチュウ
Japanese (Kanji): 烏秋
Korean: 검은바람까마귀
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-baram-kkamagwi
Scientific: Dicrurus macrocercus, Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus
Lithuanian: Juodasis drongas
Latvian: melnais drongo
Malayalam: ആനറാഞ്ചി
Mongolian: Жадат хар, Жадат хар шувуу, Хар доронго
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠳ᠋ᠣᠷᠣᠩᠭᠣ᠋
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠠᠳᠠᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хар жадат
Mongolian (Transliteration): jadat khar, jadat khar shuvuu, khar doroŋgo, khar jadat
Malay: Burung Cecawi Hitam, Burung Cecawi Rajawali, Cecawi Hitam
Nepali: कालो चिबे
Dutch: Koningsdrongo, Zwarte Drongo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartdrongo
Norwegian: Svartdrongo
Polish: dziwogon czarny, dziwogon dlugosterny, dziwogon długosterny
Pinyin: dà juǎn-wěi, hēi juǎn-wěi, hēi lí jī, hēi lóng yǎn yàn, hēi wěi-juǎn, hēi zhī jiàn, lí niǎo, lì-jiū-píng, míng-jiào niǎo
Portuguese: Drongo-real
Russian: Дронго черный, Черный дронго, Чёрный дронго
Slovak: drongo kráľovský, drongo lýrochvostý
Serbian: Crni drongo
Swedish: Svart drongo
Tamil: Karung Karichaan
Thai: นกแซงแซวหางปลา
Thai (Transliteration): nók saeeŋ-saeew hăaŋ-plaa
Turkish: Kara Drongo
Ukrainian: Дронго чорний
Vietnamese: Chèo bẻo đen, Chim Chèo bẻo, Chim Chèo bẻo đen
Chinese: 大卷尾, 明叫鸟, 黎鸟, 黑卷尾, 黑尾捲, 黑支箭, 黑黎鸡, 黑龙眼燕
Chinese (Traditional): 大卷尾, 大卷尾〔黑卷尾〕, 明叫鳥, 黎鳥, 黑卷尾, 黑尾捲, 黑支箭, 黑黎雞, 黑龍眼燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大卷尾
Chinese (Taiwan): 大卷尾, 黑卷尾

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