Drongos (Dicruridae)
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer) - HBW 14, p. 207
French: Drongo à rames
German: Spateldrongo
Spanish: Drongo de Raquetas Chico
Taxonomy: Edolius remifer Temminck, 1823, Java.
In the past, sometimes separated in a monotypic genus, Bhringa, characterized by morphology of outer pair of tail feathers. Has previously been considered to be closely related to D. aeneus on account of very similar plumage characteristics (except racquets), an hypothesis compatible with findings of recent DNA studies. Races intergrade wherever they come into contact: peracensis with tectirostris in W Thailand (Ban Rahaeng region), Vietnam (C Annam) and S Laos (Bolovens Plateau), and with lefoli on Thailand-Cambodia border. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tectirostris ( Hodgson, 1836) - lower Himalayas from N India (E from Garhwal and Kumaon) E to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, E Bangladesh, S China (SE Xizang, W & S Yunnan and SW Guangxi), Myanmar (except extreme S), N Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam (S to Huê).
- peracensis ( Stuart Baker, 1918) - S Myanmar (Tenasserim) and SW Thailand S to N Peninsular Malaysia (S Selangor and S Pahang), S Laos and S Vietnam (S to S Annam).
- lefoli ( Delacour & Jabouille, 1928) - mountains of S Cambodia (Cardamom and Elephant Ranges).
- remifer ( Temminck, 1823) - Sumatra (Barisan Range and Batak Highlands) and W Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird with only one racket singing from a snag Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp peracensis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 3 years ago 50 sec 4.2 -
Two birds in a tree, partially displaying Locality Ruili, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp tectirostris)
Keith Blomerley 18 November 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, carrying out some sort of display to a bird hidden on another branch Locality Ruili, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp tectirostris)
Keith Blomerley 18 November 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird high in a tree, showing its long tail-rackets Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp tectirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2004 4 years ago 31 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a branch, it's elongated tail feathers waving in the wind. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp peracensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 33 sec 3.3 -
A bird singing Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 3.3
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