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Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo.jpg

Dicrurus macrocercus  Vieillot, 1817

Black Drongo

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

  • Common names: Black Drongo
  • Thai names: นกแซงแซวหางปลา
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    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
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population trend unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Chiang Dao, Hot), Chonburi (Pattaya)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Dicrurus macrocercus from Thailand.
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Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817) Pattaya Chonburi Thailand December
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Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
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Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817) Hot, Chiang Mai, February 2016

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

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Dicrurus macrocercus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22706961A94099367. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706961A94099367.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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