Order - Passeriformes
Family - Dicruridae (Drongos)
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
Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 26,100,000km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 17,900,000km²
Migratory Status : Full Migrant
Breeding Endemic : No
Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 26,100,000km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 17,900,000km²
Migratory Status : Full Migrant
Breeding Endemic : No
Size : c. 30–31 cm (nominate), 27–28·5 cm (thai), c. 26 cm (minor)
average male 27·9 cm and female 26·9 cm (harterti)
male 39–59 g, one female 41 g (albirictus), 40–51 g (nominate)
male 39–59 g, one female 41 g (albirictus), 40–51 g (nominate)
Subspecies (7) and Distribution
- Dicrurus macrocercus albirictus (Hodgson, 1836, Nepal)
– Himalayas from E Afghanistan and N and E Pakistan E to W and extreme N Myanmar and SE Tibet, S to SE Pakistan (E from Indus Valley) and across C India (S to Gujarat, N Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal); formerly SE Iran; non-breeding also S to S India, C and S Myanmar and N Thailand. - Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817, Type locality restricted to Orissa by Baker, 1924; changed to Madras City by Vaurie 1949.)
– SE Pakistan and peninsular India S from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. - Dicrurus macrocercus minor (Blyth, 1850, Ceylon)
– N and NW Sri Lanka (S, in W, to Puttalam), including Mannar I. - Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus (Swinhoe, 1871, 'China, Hainan, Formosa.' Type locality restricted to South China by Hartert 1921.)
– C, E and S China (E from Qinghai, S from Jilin; including Hainan), Myanmar (except W and N), N Thailand and N Indochina; non-breeding S to SW and S Myanmar, S Malay Peninsula (Singapore) and S Indochina. - Dicrurus macrocercus thai (Kloss, 1921, Koh Lak, southwestern Siam)
– S Myanmar (Tenasserim), C and E Thailand, probably E Cambodia, and S Indochina. - Dicrurus macrocercus harterti (Stuart Baker, 1918, Tai-peh, Formosa)
– Taiwan. - Dicrurus macrocercus javanus (Kloss, 1921, Badjoelmati, Besoeki, eastern Java)
– Java and Bali.
Introduced (race harterti) in S Northern Marianas (on Rota I), from where colonized Guam.
Distribution Map
Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 24 October 2021
Date : 24 October 2021
Location : Seberang Perak Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak
Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 01 December 2019
Date : 01 December 2019
Location : Sungai Balang Paddyfield, Mukim Sungai Balang, Daerah Muar, Johor
Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 10 November 2019
Date : 10 November 2019
Location : Kampung Selinsing Paddyfield, Simpang Empat Semanggol, Daerah Kerian, Perak
Dicrurus macrocercus ssp. cathoecus
Date : 13 December 2016
Date : 13 December 2016
Location : Ladang Tebu Chuping, Perlis