Velvet-mantled Drongo bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsPríncipe Drongo, Velvet mantled Drongo, Velvet-mantled or Fanti Drongo, Principe Drongo, Forest Drongo, Fanti/Velvet-mantled Drongo
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyDrongos / Dicruridae
GenusDicrurus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionSierra Leone to c DR Congo,w Kenya and nw Angola

Velvet-mantled Drongo bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Jacob C. Cooper
    Cameroon
  • 2.
    Call, © Jacob C. Cooper
    Cameroon
  • 3.
    Song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 4.
    Call, © Rolf A. de By
    Uganda
  • 5.
    Song, © Mike Nelson
    Ghana
  • 6.
    Call, © Phil Gregory
    Ghana
  • 7.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Uganda
  • 8.
    Song, © Ben Phalan
    Liberia
  • 9.
    Song, © Hans Matheve
    Ghana
  • 10.
    Song, © Hans Matheve
    Ghana
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Velvet-mantled Drongo

Velvet-mantled Drongo subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Dicrurus modestus atactusSierra Leone to sw Nigeria-No
Dicrurus modestus coracinuss Nigeria to w Kenya, c DR Congo and nw Angola-No
Dicrurus modestus modestusPríncipe (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalandrongo modest
Chinese绒背卷尾
Chinese (Traditional)絨篷卷尾
Croatianmrki drongo
Czechdrongo principeský
DanishFløjlsrygget Drongo
DutchBosdrongo, Fluweelmanteldrongo, Zwartrugdrongo
Estonianpanterdrongo
Finnishsamettidrongo
FrenchDrongo modeste, Drongo modeste ou D. d'Oberholser
GermanSamtdrongo, Schlichtdrongo, Fante-/Samtdrongo, Flaggendrongo
Hungarianbársonydrongó
ItalianDrongo vellutato
Japaneseクロオウチュウ, ビロウドオウチュウ, ビロードオウチュウ
Lithuaniangvinėjinis drongas
NorwegianJungeldrongo, jungeldrongo
Norwegian NynorskJungeldrongo
Polishdziwogon widlosterny, dziwogon gwinejski/widłosterny, dziwogon widłosterny, Dziwogon aksamitny
Portuguesedrongo-modesto, drongo-de-dorso-mate, drongo-do-príncipe
RussianГвинейский/Лесной дронго, Лесной дронго
SerbianSomotasti drongo, Fanti/somotasti drongo
Slovakdrongo zamatový, drongo družný/zamatový
SpanishDrongo modesto, Drongo Fanti/Modesto
SwahiliMramba Mahameli
Swedishfanti-/sammetsdrongo, Principedrongo, sammetsdrongo
TurkishMavi-mor/kadife sırtlı drongo, Kadife Sırtlı Drongo
Ukrainianдронго узлісний