Drongos
Dicrurus
A drongo is a member of the family Dicruridae of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 28 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.
Drongos are mostly black or dark grey, short-legged birds, with an upright stance when perched. They have forked tails and some have elaborate tail decorations. They feed on insects and small birds, which they catch in flight or on the ground. Some species are accomplished mimics and have a variety of alarm calls, to which other birds and animals often respond. They are known to utter fake alarm calls that scare other animals off food, which the drongo then claims.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Black Drongo
speciesDicrurus macrocercus
Fork-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus adsimilis
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus paradiseus
Ashy Drongo
speciesDicrurus leucophaeus
Spangled Drongo
speciesDicrurus bracteatus
Bronzed Drongo
speciesDicrurus aeneus
Hair-crested Drongo
speciesDicrurus hottentottus
White-bellied Drongo
speciesDicrurus caerulescens
Crested Drongo
speciesDicrurus forficatus
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus remifer
Crow-billed Drongo
speciesDicrurus annectens
Square-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus ludwigii
Sri Lanka Drongo
speciesDicrurus lophorinus
Wallacean Drongo
speciesDicrurus densus
Velvet-mantled Drongo
speciesDicrurus modestus
Balicassiao
speciesDicrurus balicassius
Andaman Drongo
speciesDicrurus andamanensis
Short-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus striatus
Palawan Drongo
speciesDicrurus palawanensis
Shining Drongo
speciesDicrurus atripennis
Sulawesi Drongo
speciesDicrurus montanus
Sharpe's Drongo
speciesDicrurus sharpei
Mayotte Drongo
speciesDicrurus waldenii
Sumatran Drongo
speciesDicrurus sumatranus
Aldabra Drongo
speciesDicrurus aldabranus
Tablas Drongo
speciesDicrurus menagei
Grande Comore Drongo
speciesDicrurus fuscipennis
Ribbon-tailed Drongo
speciesDicrurus megarhynchus
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8263.