Drongos (Dicruridae)

Mayotte Drongo (Dicrurus waldenii) - HBW 14, p. 224

French: Drongo de Mayotte German: Mayottedrongo Spanish: Drongo de la Mayotte

Taxonomy: Dicrurus waldenii Schlegel, 1865, Mayotte (Maore), Comoro Islands.
Recent DNA studies indicate that closest relatives are D. forficatus and D. aldabranus; all three previously thought to be part of a superspecies that contains also D. fuscipennis, D. macrocercus, D. adsimilis and D. modestus, but morphological and genetic differentiation too great to support such a relationship. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mayotte (Maore), in SE Comoro Is.