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The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) belongs to the family Dicruridae under the order Passeriformes.
Black drongo taxonomy
The family Dicruridae was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840),an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1825. The family Dicruridae comprises four subfamilies, viz., Dicrurinae, Rhipidurinae, Monarchinae and Grallininae.The subfamily Dicrurinae contained two genera, the monotypic Chaetorhynchus and Dicrurus. The genus Chaetorhynchus was recently moved to Rhipiduridae.
The genus Dicrurus was first introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 – August 24, 1830),a French ornithologist, in the year 1816. The genus Dicrurus comprises 25 species, including Dicrurus macrocercus.
The species Dicrurus macrocercus was first described by Louis Pierre Vieillot in the year 1817. It is polytypic and comprises seven subspecies, viz., D. m. macrocercus, D. m. albirictus, D. m. javanus, D. m. harterti, D. m. thai, D. m. cathoecus and D. m. minor.
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| Binomial name: | Dicrurus macrocercus |
| Species: | D. macrocercus |
| Genus: | Dicrurus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Dicruridae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus 357 Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 2.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Image by Balaram Mahalder |
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| 3.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Image by Lip Kee |
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| 4.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Image by Akshat Atolia |
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| 5.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 6.Black drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus Image by Lip Kee |
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| 7.Dicrurus macrocercus juvenile Image by J.M.Garg |
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| 8.Dicrurus macrocercus egg Image by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Drongo_(Dicrurus_macrocercus)_IMG_7702_(1)..JPG (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/29/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Drongo.jpg (cropped)
Author: Balaram Mahalder | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/29/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2478446998/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/29/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Akshat Atolia | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/29/18
5.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dicrurus_macrocercus_-_Bueng_Boraphet.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 3/29/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2111862841/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/29/18
7.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org(cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/29/18
8.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dicrurus_macrocercus_MWNH_1288.JPG (cropped)
Author: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/29/18
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