Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Gérard Rocamora, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 13, 2013
Text last updated February 13, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Качулато дронго |
| Catalan | drongo de Madagascar |
| Croatian | madagaskarski drongo |
| Dutch | Kuifdrongo |
| English | Crested Drongo |
| English (United States) | Crested Drongo |
| Estonian | tuttdrongo |
| French | Drongo malgache |
| French (Canada) | 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, 2024
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- forficata / forficatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Crested Drongo
