Dicrurus paradiseus  (Linnaeus, 1766)

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: paradiseus

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• Common names: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
• Thai names: นกแซงแซวหางบ่วงใหญ่
• Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1]
  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 (Ob Luang N.P.)
• Additional notes: 

Image locations

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Images of Dicrurus paradiseus from Thailand.

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766) Nam Nao N.P. Chaiyaphum Thailand December

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766) Ob Luang N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2016

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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.