Hair-crested Drongo

What the Hair-crested Drongo sounds like

Recorded by Untung Sarmawi · Alarm call, call, song · Bali Barat National Park, Bali, Indonesia · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Peter Wilton · Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Peter Wilton · Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Hair-crested Drongo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hair-crested Drongo

The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Hair-crested Drongo

The hair-crested drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "spangled drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran drongo in D. hottentottus as subspecies.

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Easily confused with

White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescensThis drongo is black without any glossy feathers on the upperside and greyish on the throat and breast, while the belly and vent are entirely white in the Indian form which is the nominate subspecies. Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferThe drongo is about 25–27.5 cm long, excluding outermost tail feathers (c. 30–40 cm to end of tail); average weight of males is between 39–49 grams while females are between 35.5–44 grams. Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigiiThe square-tailed drongo, formerly the common square-tailed drongo, is a passerine bird in the family Dicruridae.