Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Kleinbyvanger
Common Names in Czech:
Drongo Lesn
Common Names in Danish:
Rethalet Drongo
Common Names in Dutch:
Rechtstaartdrongo
Common Names in English:
Black Drongo, Square-tailed Drongo, Squaretailed Drongo
Common Names in Finnish:
Pikkudrongo
Common Names in French:
Drongo de Ludwig, Drongo
Common Names in German:
Geradschwanzdrongo
Common Names in Italian:
Drongo Codaquadra, Drongo Codasquadrata
Common Names in Japanese:
Kakubiouchuu, カクビオウチュウ
Common Names in Latin:
Dicrurus ludwigii
Common Names in Norwegian:
Tverrhaledrongo
Common Names in Polish:
Dziwogon Prostosterny
Common Names in Portuguese:
Drongo-De-Cauda-Quadrada
Common Names in Spanish:
Drongo De Cola Cuadrada
Common Names in Swahili:
Mlamba
Common Names in Xhosa:
Intengwana
Common Names in Zulu:
Intengwana
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,617 meters (0 to 5,305 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Dicruridae
()
- Genus:
Dicrurus
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Specific name:
ludwigii
- (Smith, A) 1834
- Scientific name: - Dicrurus ludwigii (Smith, 1834) (Smith, A) 1834
- Specific name:
ludwigii
- (Smith, A) 1834
- Genus:
Dicrurus
(
- Family:
Dicruridae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Dicrurus ludwigii (Smith, 1834)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Smith, A. Descriptions
of Trichophorus flaviventris,
Halcyon Swainsonii, H. senegaloides, Edolius Ludwigii, lamportornis
rufiventris, and a new saurian (Brachydactylus typicus) from Swan
River
. South African Quart. J. 2 (2): 143-144, 1834.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dicrurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. adsimilis (Fork-Tailed Drongo) · D. adsimilis adsimilis (Fork-Tailed Drongo) · D. adsimilis divaricatus (Senegal Fork-Tailed Drongo) · D. aeneus (Bronzed Drongo) · D. aldabranus (Aldabra Drongo) · (Small Andaman Drongo) · D. andamanensis andamanensis (Small Andaman Drongo) · D. annectans (Crow-Billed Drongo) · D. atripennis (Shining Drongo) · D. balicassius (Balicassio Drongo) · D. balicassius balicassius (Balicassio Drongo) · D. bracteatus (Spangled Drongo) · D. bracteatus bracteatus (Spangled Drongo) · D. caerulescens (Indian White-Bellied Drongo) · D. caerulescens caerulescens (Indian White-Bellied Drongo) · D. densus (Wallacean Drongo) · D. forficatus (Madagascar Crested Drongo) · D. forficatus forficatus (Crested Drongo) · D. fuscipennis (Grand Comoro Drongo) · D. hottentottus (Hair-Crested Drongo) · D. hottentottus hottentottus (Hair-Crested Drongo) · D. leucophaeus (Pale Ashy Drongo) · D. leucophaeus leucophaeus (Pale Ashy Drongo) · D. ludwigii (Square-Tailed Drongo) · D. ludwigii ludwigii (Ludwig's Square-Tailed Drongo) · D. ludwigii sharpei (Sharpe's Drongo) · D. macrocercus (Black Drongo) · D. megarhynchus (Ribbon-Tailed Drongo) · D. menagei (Tablas Drongo) · D. modestus (Velvet-Mantled Drongo) · D. modestus atactus (Gold Coast Fork-Tailed Drongo) · D. modestus coracinus (Uganda Velvet-Mantled Drongo) · D. modestus modestus (Principe Drongo) · D. montanus (Celebes Mountain Drongo) · D. paradiseus (Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo) · D. paradiseus paradiseus (Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo) · D. remifer (Lesser Racket-Tailed Drongo) · D. remifer remifer (Lesser Racket-Tailed Drongo) · (Sumatran Drongo) · D. waldenii (Mayotte Drongo)
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Further Reading
- Birds from Liberia, with a discussion of barriers between Upper and Lower Guinea subspecies, by Austin L. Rand. 32 1951 [Chicago]1951. url p. 629.
- Catalogue of African birds in the collection of R.B. Sharpe. London: Published by the Author, 1871. url p. 47.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 233, p. 234, p. 248.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 138.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 260, p. 510.
- Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. Manchester: The Society, 1888-1980. url p. 100.
- The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 178.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Dicrurus ludwigii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4266
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-559769
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13846164
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 559769
- IUCN ID: 205317
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137181
Footnotes
- Mean = 965.660 meters (3,168.176 feet), Standard Deviation = 456.010 based on 357 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
