Sri Lanka Drongo
Dicrurus lophorinusVieillot, LJP, 1817
English (US) Sri Lanka Drongo
The Sri Lanka Drongo (Dicrurus lophorinus) 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: western Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus lophorinus
- Family
- Dicruridae (Drongos)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sri Lanka Drongo
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
- Type locality
- India, restricted to Ceylon.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 9 p.587
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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