Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus] (Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo)

Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo

Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus] (= Dicrurus paradiseus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The greater racket-tailed drongo is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae. They are conspicuous in the forest habitats often perching in the open and by attracting attention with a wide range of loud calls that include perfect imitations of many other birds. One hypothesis suggested is that these vocal imitations may help in the formation of mixed-species foraging flocks, a feature seen in forest bird communities where many insect feeders forage together. These drongos will sometimes steal insect prey caught or disturbed by other foragers in the flock and another idea is that vocal mimicry helps them in diverting the attention of smaller birds to aid their piracy. They are diurnal but are active well before dawn and late at dusk. Owing to their widespread distribution and distinctive regional variation, they have become iconic examples of speciation by isolation and genetic drift. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

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

Protonym:
Cuculus paradiseus

Type locality:
Siam. Based on 'le Coucou verd [sic], hupe de Siam, Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 4, p. 151, fig. 1, pi. 14. Restricted to the region between Ayuthia and the head of the Gulf of Siam, bv Kloss (1919, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soe. Siam, 3, p. 453).i

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/176/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F2FD439D2AE6E7A0

Avibase ID:
avibase-F2FD439D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F2FD439D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559773

Geographic range:

Dicrurus paradiseus paradiseus: S India to s Thailand and Indochina
Dicrurus paradiseus grandis: N India to n Myanmar and n Vietnam
Dicrurus paradiseus rangoonensis: Central India to s Myanmar, w Thailand and Indochina
Dicrurus paradiseus johni: Hainan (s China)
Dicrurus paradiseus hypoballus: northern Thai-Malay Peninsula; broadly intergrades with platurus
Dicrurus paradiseus platurus: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and adjacent islands
Dicrurus paradiseus ceylonicus: Sri Lanka
Dicrurus paradiseus otiosus: Andaman Islands
Dicrurus paradiseus nicobariensis: Nicobar Islands
Dicrurus paradiseus banguey: Islands off north Borneo
Dicrurus paradiseus brachyphorus: Borneo
Dicrurus paradiseus microlophus: North Natuna Islands
Dicrurus paradiseus formosus: Java
Dicrurus lophorinus: W Sri Lanka
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo
French:
Drongo à raquettes ou D. drongup

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Racket-tailed or Sri Lanka Drongo ( Dicrurus [paradiseus or lophorinus])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Drongo à raquettes ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Drongo à raquettes ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Dicrurus paradiseus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Dicrurus paradiseus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Dicrurus paradiseus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dicrurus paradiseus [version 1]

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