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Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo.jpg

Dicrurus leucophaeus  Vieillot, 1817

Ashy Drongo

Home > Birds​ > Dicrurus leucophaeus
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: leucophaeus

  • Common names: Ashy Drongo
  • Thai names: นกแซงแซวสีเทา
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Dicrurus leucophaeus [leucophaeus or whiteheadi]: Java, Bali, Lombok, Palawan, Calamian and Balabac islands
    Dicrurus leucophaeus mouhoti: S Myanmar and n Thailand; > to Indochina
    Dicrurus leucophaeus bondi: southern Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam
    Dicrurus leucophaeus innexus: Hainan (s China)
    Dicrurus leucophaeus batakensis: N Sumatra
    Dicrurus leucophaeus phaedrus: S Sumatra
    Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi: E Himalayas to Myanmar and s China; > to Indochina
    Dicrurus leucophaeus longicaudatus: E Afghanistan to Sikkim; > to s India and Sri Lanka
    Dicrurus leucophaeus nigrescens: extreme southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and the Thai-Malay Peninsula
    Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis: Manchuria and e China; > to Indochina
    Dicrurus leucophaeus salangensis: SE China and s Thailand; > to Hainan
    Dicrurus leucophaeus [periophthalmicus or celaenus]: Simeulue I. and adjacent Mentawi Islands (off Sumatra)
    Dicrurus leucophaeus siberu: Siberut I. (off Sumatra)
    Dicrurus leucophaeus stigmatops: Mountains of n Borneo
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population trend unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Nam Nao N.P.), Phetchaburi (Kaeng Krachan N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Dicrurus leucophaeus from Thailand.
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis.jpg
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis (Walden, 1870) Nam Nao N.P. Chaiyaphum Thailand January
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus mouhoti.jpg
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus mouhoti (Walden, 1870) Kaeng Krachan N.P. Phetchaburi Thailand January

References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 12 July 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Dicrurus leucophaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22706964A94099735. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706964A94099735.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.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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