Black drongo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black drongo lives – recorded in 22 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dicrurus macrocercus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	22 countries
Continents	Asia, Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Dicruridae

Where does the black drongo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black drongo in 22 countries and territories across Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Hefei, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black drongo endangered?

The black drongo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black drongo?

The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Dicruridae, genus Dicrurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black drongo

The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia and accidental visitor of Japan. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black drongo (revision 1373899377), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q46435 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).