Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast and southern Ghana eastern in forest to north-eastern DRCongo, south to southern Gabon and central PRCongo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) [XC46057]
by Mike Catsis from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)

Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) [XC855577]
by Mike Nelson from Belize, Cabinda, Angola (?)

Subspecies
Recent DNA studies indicate that closest relative is Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) - 5 files

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