Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus remifer(Temminck, CJ, 1823)
English (US) Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
The Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer) 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 remifer
- Family
- Dicruridae (Drongos)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Dicrurus remifer tectirostris
- Dicrurus remifer peracensis
- Dicrurus remifer lefoli
- Dicrurus remifer remifer
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Edolius remifer
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.30, vol.3 pl.178
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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