Shining Drongo
Dicrurus atripennisSwainson, WJ, 1837
English (US) Shining Drongo
The Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Dicruridae (Drongos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: forest of Guinea and Sierra Leone to Gabon and eastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus atripennis
- Family
- Dicruridae (Drongos)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shining Drongo
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1837
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1837
- Type locality
- Sierra Leone.
- Original description
- The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1 p.256
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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