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| - | [[Image:Black_Drongo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}]] | + | [[Image:Black_Drongo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}<br />Central [[Thailand]], December 2002]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Dicrurus|Dicrurus]] macrocercus | | ;[[:Category:Dicrurus|Dicrurus]] macrocercus |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | Deeply forked long tail with slightly upturned tips distinctive. Plumage black with slight gloss. | | Deeply forked long tail with slightly upturned tips distinctive. Plumage black with slight gloss. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | The [[India]]n subcontinent and [[China]] through South-East [[Asia]] discontinuously to [[Java]] and [[Bali]]. | | The [[India]]n subcontinent and [[China]] through South-East [[Asia]] discontinuously to [[Java]] and [[Bali]]. |
| - | | + | [[Image:1568black drongo juvP9208385.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], September 2006]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | There are 7 subspecies. | | There are 7 subspecies. |
| - | * ''D. m. albirictus'' from SE [[Iran]] to [[Afghanistan]] and n [[India]] | + | * ''D. m. albirictus'' from south-eastern [[Iran]] to [[Afghanistan]] and northern [[India]] |
| | * ''D. m. macrocercus'' in Peninsular India | | * ''D. m. macrocercus'' in Peninsular India |
| | * ''D. m. minor'' in [[Sri Lanka]] | | * ''D. m. minor'' in [[Sri Lanka]] |
| - | * ''D. m. cathoecus'' in [[China]], n [[Myanmar]], n [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], n [[Vietnam]] and [[Malaysia]] | + | * ''D. m. cathoecus'' in [[China]], northern [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], northern [[Vietnam]] and [[Malaysia]] |
| - | * ''D. m. thai'' in S Myanmar, s Thailand and s Vietnam | + | * ''D. m. thai'' in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and ssouthern Vietnam |
| | * ''D. m. harterti'' in [[Taiwan]] | | * ''D. m. harterti'' in [[Taiwan]] |
| | * ''D. m. javanus'' in [[Java]] and [[Bali]] | | * ''D. m. javanus'' in [[Java]] and [[Bali]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Open country and ricefields. | | Open country and ricefields. |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | Gregarious, gathering in small groups. Hawks for insects from open perches, including small trees and telephone wires. Forms communal roosts. | | Gregarious, gathering in small groups. Hawks for insects from open perches, including small trees and telephone wires. Forms communal roosts. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} | | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} |
| - | | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Dicrurus+macrocercus}} | | {{GSearch|Dicrurus+macrocercus}} |
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| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dicrurus]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dicrurus]] |
Deeply forked long tail with slightly upturned tips distinctive. Plumage black with slight gloss.
Gregarious, gathering in small groups. Hawks for insects from open perches, including small trees and telephone wires. Forms communal roosts.
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