Black Drongo

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Dicruridae (Drongos)

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

大卷尾 (dà juǎn-wěi) / 黑卷尾 (hēi juǎn-wěi)

    Malay : Cecawi Sawah

    Japanese : オウチュウ (ōchū)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 烏秋

    Size : c. 30–31 cm (nominate), 27–28·5 cm (thai), 

             average male 27·9 cm and female 26·9 cm (harterti), c. 26 cm (minor)

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Dicrurus macrocercus albirictus (Hodgson, 1836)
  – Himalayas from E Afghanistan and N & E Pakistan E to W & extreme N Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang), S to SE Pakistan (E from Indus Valley) and across C India (S to Gujarat, N Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal; non-breeding also S to S India, C & S Myanmar and N Thailand.
• Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817)
  – SE Pakistan and peninsular India S from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
• Dicrurus macrocercus minor (Blyth, 1850)
  – N & NW Sri Lanka (S, in W, to Puttalam), including Mannar I.
• Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus (Swinhoe, 1871)
  – breeds C, E & S China (E from Qinghai, S from Jilin; including Hainan I), Myanmar (except W & N), N Thailand and N Indochina; non-breeding S to SW & S Myanmar, S Malay Peninsula (Singapore) and S Indochina.
• Dicrurus macrocercus thai (Kloss, 1921)
  – S Myanmar (Tenasserim), C & E Thailand, probably E Cambodia, and S Indochina.
• Dicrurus macrocercus harterti (Stuart Baker, 1918)
  – Taiwan.
• Dicrurus macrocercus javanus (Kloss, 1921)
  – Java and Bali.

    Introduced (race harterti) in S Northern Marianas (on Rota I), from where colonized Guam.

Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 24 October 2021

Location : Seberang Perak Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak

Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 01 December 2019

Location : Sungai Balang Paddyfield, Mukim Sungai Balang, Daerah Muar, Johor

Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 10 November 2019

Location : Kampung Selinsing Paddyfield, Simpang Empat Semanggol, Daerah Kerian, Perak

Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 13 December 2016

Location : Ladang Tebu Chuping, Perlis