Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (11)
Gérard Rocamora, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | drongo de crinera |
| Chinese | 髮冠卷尾 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 发冠卷尾 |
| Dutch | Haarkuifdrongo |
| English | Hair-crested Drongo |
| English (India) | Hair-crested Drongo (Spangled Drongo) |
| English (United States) | Hair-crested Drongo |
| French | Drongo à crinière |
| French (France) | Drongo à crinière |
| German | Haarbuschdrongo |
| Indonesian | Srigunting jambul-rambut |
| Japanese | カンムリオウチュウ |
| Korean | 바람까마귀 |
| Malayalam | കിന്നരിക്കാക്ക |
| Mongolian | Өрвийт доронго |
| Norwegian | hårdrongo |
| Polish | dziwogon lirosterny |
| Russian | Индийский дронго |
| Serbian | Indijski drongo |
| Slovak | drongo vlasatý |
| Spanish | Drongo Crestudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Drongo crestudo |
| Swedish | lyrdrongo |
| Thai | นกแซงแซวหงอนขน |
| Turkish | Telli Drongo |
| Ukrainian | Дронго лірохвостий |
Revision Notes
Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy.
Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Corvus hottentottus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope. Based on 'le Choucas du Cap de Bonne Esperance,' Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 33, pi. 2, fig. 2. Type locality Chandernagor, southern Bengal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- hotentotta / hottentota / hottentotta / hottentottus
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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)
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Distribution of the Hair-crested Drongo
