Hair-crested drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

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.
Hair-crested_Drongo-Dicrurus_hottentottus Tangkoko, Sulawesi. The crest was flat but he had one :-D Dicrurus hottentottus,Geotagged,Hair-crested drongo,Indonesia,Spring

Distribution

It is native from Bangladesh, India and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia, and Brunei. Hair-crested drongos move in small flocks and are very noisy. The "spangled drongo," "Dicrurus bracteatus" is native on the east coast of Australia and its name is pejorative slang for a silly person. This may be due to its strange chattering and cackling. "Complete Book of Australian Birds" Reader's Digest.1977.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyDicruridae
GenusDicrurus
SpeciesD. hottentottus
Photographed in
Indonesia
Malaysia