Listen to the Hair-crested drongo
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About the Hair-crested drongo
The Hair-crested drongo is a bird in the family Dicruridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 77 g.
What does the Hair-crested drongo sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "spangled drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran drongo (D. sumatranus) in D. hottentottus as subspecies.
It is native from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia, and Brunei. Hair-crested drongos move in small flocks and are very noisy. The "spangled drongo", Dicrurus bracteatus, is native on the east coast of Australia and its name is a pejorative slang for a silly person. This may be due to its strange chattering and cackling.
Related birds in the genus Dicrurus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Hair-crested drongo sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Hair-crested drongo on this page, including its song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Hair-crested drongo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Hair-crested drongo as “least concern”.
What family does the Hair-crested drongo belong to?
The Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) belongs to the family Dicruridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q74084 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Hair-crested drongo – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dougjj – CC BY-SA 3.0