Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | drongo de Madagascar |
| Dutch | Kuifdrongo |
| English | Crested Drongo |
| English (United States) | Crested Drongo |
| French | Drongo malgache |
| French (France) | Drongo malgache |
| German | Madagaskardrongo |
| Icelandic | Toppdrungi |
| Japanese | マダガスカルオウチュウ |
| Norwegian | børstedrongo |
| Polish | dziwogon czubaty |
| Russian | Хохлатый дронго |
| Serbian | Ćubasti drongo |
| Slovak | drongo chochlatý |
| Spanish | Drongo Malgache |
| Spanish (Spain) | Drongo malgache |
| Swedish | madagaskardrongo |
| Turkish | Sorguçlu Drongo |
| Ukrainian | Дронго чубатий |
Dicrurus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Lanius forficatus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.134.
TYPE LOCALITY:
southeastern Madagascar. Based on Muscicapa Madagascariensis nigra major cristata of Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 388, pi. 37, fig. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- forficata / forficatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus Scientific name definitions
Gérard Rocamora, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 13, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 13, 2013
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
Authors
Gérard Rocamora, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, and David Christie
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G., D. Yeatman-Berthelot, and D. A. Christie (2020). Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus), 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.credro1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 13, 2013
- Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
Authors
Gérard Rocamora, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G., D. Yeatman-Berthelot, and D. A. Christie (2013). Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus). 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.
