Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicruridae
- Genus
- Dicrurus
- eBird Code
- fotdro5
Vocalizations
Subspecies (6)
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Dicrurus adsimilis adsimilis
eastern and southern South Africa (southwestern Western Cape northward to southern Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho, and western Eswatini
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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)
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Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus
southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea, eastward to southeastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria (Lake Chad)
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Dicrurus adsimilis fugax
southern Uganda and Kenya to northern KwaZulu-Natal and Zimbabwe
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Dicrurus adsimilis jubaensis
Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia
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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.