Hair-crested Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Hair-crested Drongo
The Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus hottentottus
- Family
- Dicruridae (Drongos)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hair-crested Drongo
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 12 subspecies for this species.
- Dicrurus hottentottus brevirostris
- Dicrurus hottentottus hottentottus
- Dicrurus hottentottus faberi
- Dicrurus hottentottus termeuleni
- Dicrurus hottentottus jentincki
- Dicrurus hottentottus viridinitens
- Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis
- Dicrurus hottentottus suluensis
- Dicrurus hottentottus leucops
- Dicrurus hottentottus banggaiensis
- Dicrurus hottentottus pectoralis
- Dicrurus hottentottus guillemardi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus hottentottus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope. Based on 'le Choucas du Cap de Bonne Esperance,' Brisson, 1760, Ornithologia, 2, p. 33, pi. 2, fig. 2. Type locality Chandernagor, southern Bengal.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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