Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Mikstertbyvanger |
Czech | drongo africký |
English | Fork-tailed Drongo |
English (United States) | Fork-tailed Drongo |
French | Drongo brillant |
French (France) | Drongo brillant |
German | Trauerdrongo |
Icelandic | Forkdrungi |
Japanese | クロオウチュウ |
Norwegian | savannedrongo |
Polish | dziwogon żałobny |
Portuguese (Angola) | Drongo-de-cauda-forcada |
Russian | Траурный дронго |
Serbian | Račvorepi drongo |
Slovak | drongo vidlochvostý |
Spanish | Drongo Ahorquillado |
Spanish (Spain) | Drongo ahorquillado |
Swedish | klykstjärtad drongo |
Turkish | Çatal Kuyruklu Drongo |
Ukrainian | Дронго вилохвостий |
Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794)
PROTONYM:
Corvus adsimilis
Bechstein, 1794. Alleg. Uebers. Vögel [Latham] 2, p.362.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Africa, restricted to Duwyenshoek River, southern Cape Province by Clancev (1956, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 76, p. 85).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
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- adsimilis
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Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Scientific name definitions
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
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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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Authors
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G. and D. Yeatman-Berthelot (2020). Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.fotdro5.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 13, 2013
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Authors
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Recommended Citation
Rocamora, G. and D. Yeatman-Berthelot (2013). Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis). 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.