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Category:Dicruridae - BirdForum Opus

Family: Dicruridae, Drongos

Description

Smallish to mid-sized arboreal passerines with:

  • strong, mid-length, slightly hooked bill
  • prominent rictal bristles
  • slender body
  • long pointed wings
  • short legs
  • strong feet
  • long forked tail
  • most species have black, patchily iridescent plumage.

They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia.

Taxonomy

Dicruridae is a family in the Order Passeriformes.
Chaetorhynchus was formerly placed here but has now been moved to the fantails.


Family Dicruridae viewedit

Genus Dicrurus viewedit
D. sharpei Sharpe's Drongo
D. ludwigii Square-tailed Drongo
D. atripennis Shining Drongo
D. adsimilis Fork-tailed Drongo
D. modestus Velvet-mantled Drongo
D. aldabranus Aldabra Drongo
D. fuscipennis Comoro Drongo
D. forficatus Crested Drongo
D. waldenii Mayotte Drongo
D. macrocercus Black Drongo
D. leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
D. caerulescens White-bellied Drongo
D. annectens Crow-billed Drongo
D. aeneus Bronzed Drongo
D. remifer Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
D. hottentottus Hair-crested Drongo
D. striatus Short-tailed Drongo
D. palawanensis Palawan Drongo
D. balicassius Balicassiao
D. montanus Sulawesi Drongo
D. sumatranus Sumatran Drongo
D. densus Wallacean Drongo
D. megarhynchus Ribbon-tailed Drongo
D. bracteatus Spangled Drongo
D. menagei Tablas Drongo
D. andamanensis Andaman Drongo
D. paradiseus Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
D. lophorinus Sri Lanka Drongo

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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