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Dicruridae

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Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Dicruridae

Dicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot, 1817

Dicrurus leucophaeus (ashy drongo) is a dark grey Asian passerine bird with multiple subspecies.

Dicrurus aeneus Vieillot, 1817

Dicrurus aeneus, the bronzed drongo, is a small forest-dwelling Asian drongo that forages for insects and mimics other birds' calls.

Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) is a noisy, flock-dwelling Asian bird in the Dicruridae family.

Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794)

Dicrurus adsimilis, the fork-tailed drongo, is an insect-eating African bird with distinct plumage across life stages.

Dicrurus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dicrurus forficatus is a mostly black drongo with two subspecies found in Madagascar, Comoro Islands, and nearby islands.

Dicrurus bracteatus Gould, 1843

Dicrurus bracteatus is a bird with black iridescent plumage, crimson eyes, and a distinctive long, forked, cross-appearing tail.

Dicrurus densus (Bonaparte, 1850)

Dicrurus densus, the Wallacean drongo, is a Dicruridae bird found in Indonesia and East Timor with three forest habitat types.

Dicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)

The white-bellied drongo is a resident drongo species native to India and Sri Lanka.

Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817

Dicrurus macrocercus, the black drongo, is an aggressive, insect-eating bird native to South and East Asia, introduced to Micronesia.

Dicrurus remifer (Temminck, 1823)

Dicrurus remifer is a black, bluish-glossed drongo with long tail shafts, distinguishable from the similar greater racket-tailed drongo.

Dicrurus lophorinus Vieillot, 1817

Dicrurus lophorinus, the Sri Lanka drongo, is a black crested bird found in southwestern Sri Lanka's wet zone.

Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dicrurus paradiseus, the greater racket-tailed drongo, is an Asian drongo species with distinctive tail rackets and context-sensitive vocal mimicry.

Dicrurus annectens (Hodgson, 1836)

Dicrurus annectens is a jet-black bird with a forked tail found across multiple Asian countries in forested habitats.

Dicrurus modestus Hartlaub, 1849

The velvet-mantled drongo is a Dicruridae bird species found in parts of the African tropical rainforest.

Dicrurus ludwigii (A.Smith, 1834)

Dicrurus ludwigii, the square-tailed drongo, is a small passerine insectivorous resident bird found in southern African forests and dense bush.

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