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Dicrurus hottentottus

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Location: Lamma Island, Hong Kong

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• D. h. hottentottus from India to Myanmar, n Thailand and s Indochina
• D. h. brevirostris in S China to n Myanmar, n Laos and n Vietnam
• D. h. viridinitens on Mentawi Islands (off Sumatra)
• D. h. borneensis in N Borneo, Maratua and Matasiri islands
• D. h. jentincki on Bali and Kangean Islands
• D. h. leucops on Sulawesi, adjacent islands and n Moluccas
• D. h. guillemardi on central Moluccas (Bisa and Obi)
• D. h. pectoralis on Sula Islands (Taliabu, Mangola and Sanana)

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

They move in small flocks and are very noisy.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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