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The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) belongs to the family Dicruridae under the order Passeriformes.
White-bellied drongo taxonomy
The family Dicruridae was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1825. The family Dicruridae is monotypic and comprises the genus Dicrurus only.The genus Dicrurus was first described by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748, Yvetot – August 24, 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen), a French ornithologist, in the year 1816. The genus Dicrurus comprises twenty-five species, including Dicrurus caerulescens.
The species Dicrurus caerulescens was first described (as Lanius caerulescens) by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
The species Dicrurus caerulescens is polytypic and comprises three subspecies, viz., D. c. caerulescens (India and Nepal), D. c. leucopygialis (Sri Lanka) and D. c. insularis (Sri Lanka).
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Dicrurus caerulescens |
| Species: | D. caerulescens |
| Genus: | Dicrurus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Dicruridae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens 356 Photo by Thimindu |
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| 2.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Dibyendu Ash |
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| 3.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Mike Prince |
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| 4.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Itm.ashu |
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| 5.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Hafiz Issadeen |
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| 6.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Hafiz Issadeen |
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| 7.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by Shivramsagar |
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| 8.White-bellied drongo - Dicrurus caerulescens Photo by David Cook |
1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thimindu_White_belied_Drongo_1.JPG (cropped)
Author: Thimindu | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/13/18
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dibyendu Ash | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/13/18
3.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeprince/24059582092/ (cropped)
Author: Mike Prince | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/13/18
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Itm.ashu | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/13/18
5.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yimhafiz/5121845227/ (cropped)
Author: Hafiz Issadeen | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/13/18
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25902645@N08/3447402658/ (cropped)
Author: Hafiz Issadeen | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/13/18
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Shivramsagar | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/13/18
8.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kookr/4580018380/ (cropped)
Author: David Cook | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 5/13/18
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