• Synonyms King Crow, Kingcrow, King drongo

Black Drongobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Chie-Jen Jerome Ko
    Taiwan
  • 2.
    Call, © Peter Ericsson
    Thailand
  • 3.
    Call, © Pronoy Baidya
    India
  • 4.
    Call, song, © Pronoy Baidya
    India
  • 5.
    Call, © vir joshi
    India
  • 6.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    India
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black Drongo

  • Breeding region Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion se Iran and ne Afghanistan to ne China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; disjunctly Java and Bali

Black Drongo subspecies (7)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Dicrurus macrocercus albirictusse Iran and e Afghanistan to n India, se Tibet and nw Myanmar-No
Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecusc, e, s China to e Myanmar, n Thailand and n Indochina-No
Dicrurus macrocercus hartertiTaiwan-No
Dicrurus macrocercus javanusJava and Bali-No
Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercusse Pakistan and c, s India-No
Dicrurus macrocercus minorSri Lanka-No
Dicrurus macrocercus thais Myanmar to Indochina-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSwartbyvanger
BasqueDrongo beltz
Bengaliকালা ফিঙে
BretonDrongo du
BulgarianЧерно дронго
Catalandrongo reial
Chinese大卷尾, 黑龙眼燕, 黎鸟, 黑尾捲, 黑黎鸡, 明叫鸟, 黑支箭, 黑卷尾
Chinese (Traditional)大卷尾〔黑卷尾〕, 黑卷尾, 黎鳥, 大卷尾, 黑尾捲, 黑黎雞, 明叫鳥, 黑支箭, 黑龍眼燕
Croatiancrni drongo
CzechDrongo cerný, drongo černý
DanishSort Drongo
DutchZwarte Drongo, Koningsdrongo
EsperantoNigra drongo
Estoniannurmdrongo
Finnishmustadrongo
FrenchDrongo royal, Drongo ordinaire
FrisianKeningsdrongo
GalicianDrongo real
GermanKönigsdrongo, Asientrauerdrongo
GreekΜαύρη ψευτόκισσα
Hebrewדרונגו שחור
HungarianFekete drongó, királydrongó
IcelandicKonungsdrungi
IndonesianSrigunting hitam, Burung Srigunting Hitam
IrishDrongó dubh
ItalianDrongo nero
Japaneseオウチュウ
Kazakhқара дронго
Korean검은바람까마귀
Latvianmelnais drongo
Lithuanianjuodasis drongas
MalayBurung Cecawi Hitam, Cecawi Hitam, Burung Cecawi Rajawali
Malayalamആനറാഞ്ചി
Marathiकोतवाल
MongolianЖадат хар шувуу, хар жадат, Хар доронго, Жадат хар
Nepaliकालो चिबे
Norwegiansvartdrongo
Norwegian NynorskSvartdrongo
Persianبوچانگای سیاه
Polishdziwogon długosterny, dziwogon czarny, dziwogon dlugosterny
PortugueseDrongo-preto, drongo-real
RomanianDrongo regal
RussianЧёрный дронго, Черный дронго, Дронго черный
SerbianCrni drongo
Slovakdrongo lýrochvostý, drongo kráľovský
SlovenianČrni drongo
SpanishDrongo real
Swedishsvart drongo
TamilKarung Karichaan
Thaiนกแซงแซวหางปลา
TurkishKara Drongo
Ukrainianдронго чорний
Uzbekқора дронго
VietnameseChèo bẻo đen, Chim Chèo bẻo, Chim Chèo bẻo đen
WelshDrongo du