Tablas drongo

Tablas drongo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: D. menagei
Binomial name
Dicrurus menagei
(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

The Tablas drongo (Dicrurus menagei) is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the hair-crested drongo.

It is endemic to Tablas Island in the Philippines. The specific name, menagei, commemorates Louis F. Menage, an American real estate tycoon.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Dicrurus menagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 March 2014.


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