Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (13)
Gérard Rocamora, Dosithée Yeatman-Berthelot, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 12, 2014
Text last updated June 12, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla (India) | ভীমরাজ |
| Bulgarian | Голямо райско дронго |
| Catalan | drongo de raquetes gros |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大盤尾 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大盘尾 |
| Croatian | drongo barjaktar |
| Dutch | Vlaggendrongo |
| English | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
| English (United States) | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
| Estonian | paradiisidrongo |
| French | Drongo à raquettes |
| French (Canada) | Drongo à raquettes |
| German | Flaggendrongo |
| Gujarati | ભીમરાજ |
| Hindi | बड़ा भीमराज भुजंगा |
| Icelandic | Paradísardrungi |
| Indonesian | Srigunting batu |
| Japanese | カザリオウチュウ |
| Kannada | ಭೀಮರಾಜ |
| Konkani | व्हडलो किरकावळो |
| Malayalam | കാടുമുഴക്കി |
| Marathi | भृंगराज कोतवाल |
| Nepali (Nepal) | भीमराज चिबे |
| Norwegian | dragedrongo |
| Polish | dziwogon rajski |
| Russian | Райский дронго |
| Serbian | Veliki repati drongo |
| Slovak | drongo zástavkový |
| Slovenian | Žličastorepi drongo |
| Spanish | Drongo de Raquetas Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Drongo de raquetas grande |
| Swedish | större vimpeldrongo |
| Thai | นกแซงแซวหางบ่วงใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Büyük Raket Kuyruklu Drongo |
| Ukrainian | Дронго великий |
Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus paradiseus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.172.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Siam. Based on 'le Coucou verd [sic], hupe de Siam, Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 4, p. 151, fig. 1, pi. 14. Restricted to the region between Ayuthia and the head of the Gulf of Siam, bv Kloss (1919, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soe. Siam, 3, p. 453).i
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- DICRURUS
- paradisea / paradiseus / paradisi
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 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
