Drongos (Dicruridae)
Comoro Drongo (Dicrurus fuscipennis) - HBW 14, p. 221
French: Drongo de Grande Comore
German: Braunschwingendrongo
Spanish: Drongo de la Gran Comora
Other common names: Grand Comoro Drongo
Taxonomy: Buchanga atra var. fuscipennis A. Milne-Edwards and Oustalet, 1887, Grand Comoro (Njazidja), Comoro Islands.
DNA studies indicate that this species is well differentiated, and slightly older than its closest relatives, D. adsimilis and D. modestus, suggesting that it originates from colonization by an ancient African drongo of an island of the Comoro archipelago much older than Grand Comoro (possibly Mohéli) c. 5 million years ago. Drongos from neighbouring Indian Ocean islands, D. waldenii (Mayotte), D. forficatus (Madagascar and Anjouan) and D. aldabranus (Aldabra), form a distinct group that separated at about the same period. Proposal that all these, alo.. View all taxonomy...
DNA studies indicate that this species is well differentiated, and slightly older than its closest relatives, D. adsimilis and D. modestus, suggesting that it originates from colonization by an ancient African drongo of an island of the Comoro archipelago much older than Grand Comoro (possibly Mohéli) c. 5 million years ago. Drongos from neighbouring Indian Ocean islands, D. waldenii (Mayotte), D. forficatus (Madagascar and Anjouan) and D. aldabranus (Aldabra), form a distinct group that separated at about the same period. Proposal that all these, along with D. macrocercus, form a superspecies not supported by molecular-genetic studies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Grand Comoro (Njazidja), in Comoro Is.
- Endangered
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