Drongos (Dicruridae)
Madagascar Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus) - HBW 14, p. 225
French: Drongo malgache
German: Madagaskardrongo
Spanish: Drongo Malgache
Other common names: Crested Drongo
Taxonomy: Lanius forficatus Linnaeus, 1766, south-east Madagascar.
Recent DNA studies indicate that this species' closest relative is D. aldabranus, following colonization of Aldabra from Madagascar less than 125,000 years ago, and also that it is more closely related to D. waldenii than to the older D. fuscipennis; all were previously thought to be part of a superspecies that contained also D. macrocercus, D. adsimilis and D. modestus, but morphological and genetic differentiation too great to support such a relationship. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- potior ( Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1922) - Anjouan (Ndzuani), in C Comoro Is.
- forficatus ( Linnaeus, 1766) - Madagascar and some larger inshore islands, including Nosy Bé, Nosy Komba and Nosy Boraha (I Sainte Marie).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing from a branch Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp forficatus)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 June 1996 5 years ago 31 sec 4
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Bird in a hunting pose on a branch
Locality Andasibe (Perinet)-Mantadia National Park, Toamasina Province, Madagascar
Dubi shapiro 29 October 2010 40 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult perched on a brach
Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
ALBERTO GARCIA RIOS 16 August 2007 3 years ago 3.7 -
Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Zürich Zoo, Zürich, Zürich Canton, Switzerland
Tomasz Doroń 21 February 2012 12 weeks ago 3.6
- No sound recordings available yet
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