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Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

About Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Drongos

The hair-crested drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "spangled drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran drongo in D. hottentottus as subspecies.

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2006-01-20
    Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala, India
  • 2009-07-14
    Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong
    Image from 2009-07-14
  • 2013-01-24
    Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam
  • 2016-03-01
    Danau Dampelas, Indonesia
  • 2016-03-03
    Tangkoko National Park, Indonesia
  • 2016-03-12
    Bunaken, Indonesia
    Image from 2016-03-12
  • 2016-03-13
    Bunaken, Indonesia
  • 2016-03-14
    Tomahon, Indonesia
  • 2016-03-15
    Tomahon, Indonesia
  • 2023-03-19
    Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia
    Image from 2023-03-19
  • 2023-03-20
    Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2025-08-22
    Pulau Sipura, Indonesia
  • 2025-08-24
    Pulau Sipura, Indonesia