Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Dicruridae
Genus
Dicrurus
eBird Code
fotdro5

Vocalizations

Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Dicrurus adsimilis adsimilis

    eastern and southern South Africa (southwestern Western Cape northward to southern Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho, and western Eswatini

  • Dicrurus adsimilis apivorus

    southeastern Gabon and adjacent Republic of the Congo, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, northern and western Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, and northern South Africa (northern Northern Cape to Limpopo)

  • Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus

    southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea, eastward to southeastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria (Lake Chad)

  • Dicrurus adsimilis fugax

    southern Uganda and Kenya to northern KwaZulu-Natal and Zimbabwe

  • Dicrurus adsimilis jubaensis

    Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia

  • Dicrurus adsimilis lugubris

    southwestern Chad (Lake Chad) eastward to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia, southward to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and northern Kenya

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.