Dicrurus paradiseus  (Linnaeus, 1766)

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: paradiseus
  • Common names: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
  • Thai names: นกแซงแซวหางบ่วงใหญ่
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    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
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Nam Nao N.P.), Chiang Mai (Ang Kaew Reservoir CMU, Ob Luang N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Dicrurus paradiseus from Thailand.
GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO, Dicrurus paradiseus.jpg
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766) Nam Nao N.P. Chaiyaphum Thailand December
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus.jpg
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766) Ob Luang N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2016
Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Raquet-tilaed Drongo Ang Kaew Reservoir CMU Feb 2020.jpg
Dicrurus paradiseus, Greater Raquet-tilaed Drongo, Ang Kaew Reservoir CMU, Chiang Mai, Feb 2020.jpg
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 12 July 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Dicrurus paradiseus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103711122A94102694. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103711122A94102694.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2020.​​
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.