Latin Etymology: Dicrurus ("fork-tailed") hottentottus (named after "Hottentots" of Southern Africa)
Adult Hair-crested Drongo (subspecies D. h. brevirostris) at Angkor Wat, Cambodia - February 2019
Featured Subspecies: Dicrurus hottentottus brevirostris
Weight: 76-102g / Length: 25-32cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The Hair-crested Drongo is another drongo species of Cambodia, in this case identified by having a far less forked tail than the others. I only saw these birds distantly, a flock feeding on the top of a distant tree. It has been subject to a large amount of taxonomic revision, and even after being split apart from seven other species, still had a large number of subspecies. Desite being named "hottentotus", it has nothing to do with Southern Africa - this is another erroneous attributation that seems to be recurring in some South East Asian bird species.
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
SUBSPECIES: D. h. hottentottus, D. h. brevirostris, D. h. viridinitens, D. h. borneensis, D. h. jentinkcki, D. h. leucops, D. h. guillemardi, D. h. pectoralis, D. h. banggaiensis, D. h. fabari, D. h. samarensis, D. h. palawanensis, D. h. cuyensis, D. h. striatus, D. h. suluensis
- Sighting Locations -
- CAMBODIA/SINGAPORE 2019 TRIP: Seen at Angkor Wat
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