Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Dicruridae (Drongos)

Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

大盘尾 (dà pán wěi)

    Malay : Cecawi Anting-anting Besar

    Japanese : カザリオウチュウ (kazari-ōchū)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 飾り烏秋

    (Size : c. 30–65 cm [total length varying greatly, depending on tail length])

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Dicrurus paradiseus grandis (Gould, 1836)
  – S foothills of Himalayas from N India (Kumaon) E to extreme N Assam, N Myanmar (S to N Chin Hills and N Shan States), S China (extreme SE Xizang, W & S Yunnan) and N Indochina.
• Dicrurus paradiseus rangoonensis (Gould, 1836)
  – C India, Bangladesh, C & S Myanmar (S Chin Hills, S Shan States S to N Tenasserim), N & NE Thailand, C Laos and C Vietnam.
• Dicrurus paradiseus paradiseus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  – S peninsular India, S Myanmar (Tenasserim and Mergui Archipelago), SW, C & SE Thailand and S Indochina.
• Dicrurus paradiseus ceylonicus (Vaurie, 1949)
  – N, E & S Sri Lanka.
• Dicrurus paradiseus otiosus (Richmond, 1902)
  – Andaman Is.
• Dicrurus paradiseus nicobariensis (Stuart Baker, 1918)
  – Nicobar Is.
• Dicrurus paradiseus johni (E. J. O. Hartert, 1902)
  – Hainan I (S China).
• Dicrurus paradiseus hypoballus (Oberholser, 1926)
  – Malay Peninsula (except S).
• Dicrurus paradiseus platurus (Vieillot, 1817)
  – Peninsular Malaysia S of 4° N (including islands except Tioman I), Sumatra (including Simeulue, Banyak Is and Nias I), Riau Archipelago, Lingga Archipelago and Bangka I.
• Dicrurus paradiseus microlophus (Oberholser, 1917)
  – islands in S China Sea (Tioman I, Anambas Is and N Natunas).
• Dicrurus paradiseus banguey (Chasen & Kloss, 1929)
  – Balambangan I and Banggi I, off N Borneo coast.
• Dicrurus paradiseus brachyphorus (Bonaparte, 1850)
  – Borneo, including Laut I (off SE coast).
• Dicrurus paradiseus formosus (Cabanis, 1851)
  – Java and Bali. 

Dicrurus paradiseus ssp. brachyphorus
Date : 24 February 2018

Location : Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Sandakan, Sabah

Dicrurus paradiseus ssp. hypoballus 
Date : 01 May 2017

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Dicrurus paradiseus ssp. hypoballus 
Date : 30 August 2015

Location : Burmese Pool, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Dicrurus paradiseus ssp. hypoballus 
Date : 01 June 2014

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang