Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae (Drongos)  
Genus: Dicrurus (28 species)


Fork-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Range: AF: widespread in African savannas
Marakele National Park, Limpopo, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info

Fork-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus)
Range: AF: widespread in African savannas
The Gambia.  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

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Bronzed Drongo
Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
Range: OR: Himalayas from nw India and Indian Pen. to s China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


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Aldabra Drongo (Dicrurus aldabranus) Near Threatened
Range: AF: Aldabra (w Aldabra group, sw Seychelles)
 



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Andaman Drongo (Dicrurus andamanensis)
Range: OR: Andaman Is.
 



Crow-billed Drongo
Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens)
Range: OR: Himalayas from nw India to s China and Vietnam
 
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone and Liberia to ne DR Congo
 



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Balicassiao (Dicrurus balicassius)
Range: OR: n, wc Philippines (Luzon and West Visayas)
 



Spangled Drongo
Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus bracteatus)
Range: AU: Moluccas, New Guinea region, n, e Australia, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
Wonga, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


View image by Antony Grossy on BirdPhotos.com
White-bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka
 



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Wallacean Drongo (Dicrurus densus)
Range: OR: Lesser Sundas and Moluccas
 



Crested Drongo
Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus forficatus)
Range: AF: Anjouan (ec Comoros) and Madagascar
Ankarafantsika NP, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Grande Comore Drongo (Dicrurus fuscipennis) Endangered
Range: AF: montane Grande Comore (nw Comoros)
 



Hair-crested Drongo
Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
Range: OR, AU: widespread, also Sulawesi and Moluccas
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
Range: OR: widespread
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


View image by Vinchel Budihardjo on BirdPhotos.com
Sri Lanka Drongo (Dicrurus lophorinus)
Range: OR: Sri Lanka
 



Square-tailed Drongo
Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii)
Range: AF: e, s Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Black Drongo
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Range: OR: se Iran and ne Afghanistan to ne China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; disjunctly Java and Bali
Bueng Boraphet, Nahkon Sawon, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)
 



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Tablas Drongo (Dicrurus menagei) Endangered
Range: OR: Tablas (c Philippines)
 



Velvet-mantled Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo (Dicrurus modestus atactus)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to c DR Congo,w Kenya and nw Angola
Kakum Canopy Walkway, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


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Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
Range: AU: montane Sulawesi and Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi)
 



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Palawan Drongo (Dicrurus palawanensis)
Range: OR: Palawan group and islets to ne (sw Philippines)
 



Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Range: OR: widespread
Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer) Male
Range: OR: Himalayas from nw India to s China, Vietnam, Malay Pen., Sumatra and w Java
Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sharpe's Drongo (Dicrurus sharpei)
Range: AF: Senegal to s Sudan, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Angola
 



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Short-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus striatus)
Range: OR: ec, s Philippines (East Visayas and Mindanao group)
 



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Sumatran Drongo (Dicrurus sumatranus) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane Sumatra
 



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Mayotte Drongo (Dicrurus waldenii) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Mayotte (se Comoros)
 




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