Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (50)
- Subspecies (7)
Gérard Rocamora and Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2016
Text last updated July 8, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla | ফিঙে |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | ফিঙে |
| Bangla (India) | ফিঙে |
| Bulgarian | Черно дронго |
| Catalan | drongo reial |
| Chinese | 大卷尾 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑卷尾 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑卷尾 |
| Croatian | crni drongo |
| Czech | drongo černý |
| Danish | Sort Drongo |
| Dutch | Koningsdrongo |
| English | Black Drongo |
| English (United States) | Black Drongo |
| Estonian | nurmdrongo |
| Finnish | mustadrongo |
| French | Drongo royal |
| French (Canada) | Drongo royal |
| German | Königsdrongo |
| Gujarati | કાળિયો કોશી |
| Hebrew | דרונגו שחור |
| Hindi | भुजंगा |
| Hungarian | Fekete drongó |
| Icelandic | Konungsdrungi |
| Indonesian | Srigunting hitam |
| Japanese | オウチュウ |
| Kannada | ಕಾಜಾಣ |
| Konkani | खाप्री किरकावळो |
| Korean | 검은바람까마귀 |
| Malayalam | ആനറാഞ്ചി |
| Marathi | कोतवाल |
| Mongolian | Хар доронго |
| Nepali (India) | कालो चिबे |
| Nepali (Nepal) | कालो चिबे |
| 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 |
| Tamil (India) | கரிச்சான் |
| 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, 2024
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- macrocercus
- Macrocercus
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black Drongo
