| Hair-crested drongo | |
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| Adult in Singapore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Dicruridae |
| Genus: | Dicrurus |
| Species: | D. hottentottus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Synonyms | |
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Corvus hottentottus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) 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 (D. sumatranus) in D. hottentottus as subspecies.[2]
It is native from Bangladesh,[1] India, and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia, and Brunei.[1] 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.[3]
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2016). "Dicrurus hottentottus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103711043A95131033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103711043A95131033.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Lepage, Denis (2003). "Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)". Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved 2009-04-10. See also this more specific page.
- ^ Complete Book of Australian Birds, Reader's Digest. 1977.