Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens)

Family
Dicruridae (Drongos)

Size
27 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1836)

Habitat
Primary lowland dipterocarp, keranga and peatswamp forest, mangroves, coastal woodland. From sea-level - 400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

Breeds north-eastern Indian Subcontinent (Himalayan foothills eastern from Uttarakhand), northern and central Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan), northern Thailand and northern and central Indochina. Non-breeding far north-eastern India, Bangladesh, probably southern China, and southern south-eastern Asia south to Sumatra and western Java.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Loud musical whistles, 'tjeep tjeep tjeep tchou tchou'. Also churrs.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens) [XC619906]
by Thet Zaw Naing from Ketam Mangroves, Pulau Ubin, Singapore, Singapore (call, subsong)

Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens) [XC58851]
by Pauline Carmel Joy Eje from Ba Vi National Park, Vietnam (call)

Subspecies
Earlier theory that this is a relatively ancient form, with close resemblance to Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus), not supported by recent DNA studies, which suggest comparatively recent separation from Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) which has a slimmer bill, longer tail which is more deeply forked and only slightly turned-up at the ends.

References
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