Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla | ফিঙে |
| Catalan | drongo reial |
| Chinese | 大卷尾 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑卷尾 |
| Czech | drongo černý |
| Danish | Sort Drongo |
| Dutch | Koningsdrongo |
| English | Black Drongo |
| English (United States) | Black Drongo |
| French | Drongo royal |
| French (France) | Drongo royal |
| German | Königsdrongo |
| Gujarati | કાળિયો કોશી |
| Hebrew | דרונגו שחור |
| Hindi | भुजंगा |
| Icelandic | Konungsdrungi |
| Indonesian | Srigunting hitam |
| Japanese | オウチュウ |
| Kannada | ಕಾಜಾಣ |
| Korean | 검은바람까마귀 |
| Malayalam | ആനറാഞ്ചി |
| Marathi | कोतवाल |
| Mongolian | Хар доронго |
| Norwegian | svartdrongo |
| Odia | କଜଳପାତି |
| Persian | بوچانگای سیاه |
| Polish | dziwogon czarny |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਾਲਕਲੀਚੀ |
| Russian | Черный дронго |
| Serbian | Crni drongo |
| Slovak | drongo lýrochvostý |
| Spanish | Drongo Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Drongo real |
| Swedish | svart drongo |
| Telugu | నల్ల ఏట్రింత |
| Thai | นกแซงแซวหางปลา |
| Turkish | Kara Drongo |
| Ukrainian | Дронго чорний |
Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817
PROTONYM:
Dicrurus macrocercus
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 9, p.588.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Type locality restricted to Orissa by Baker, 1924, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 2 ed., 2, p. 356; changed to Madras City by Vaurie (1949, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 93, p. 237).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- macrocercus
- Macrocercus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Scientific name definitions
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Authors
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G. and D. Yeatman-Berthelot (2020). Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bladro1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 8, 2016
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Authors
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G. and D. Yeatman-Berthelot (2016). Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
