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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)

English (US) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) 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 paradiseus
Family
Dicruridae (Drongos)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 13 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Cuculus paradiseus
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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
Original description
Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.172

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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