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Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Dicrurus modestus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vemdro6) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus

Subspecies (3)

Dicrurus modestus atactus

Sierra Leone and southern Guinea eastward to southwestern Nigeria
Dicrurus modestus coracinus

Bioko and southern Nigeria eastward to southwestern Central African Republic, far southwestern South Sudan, and western Kenya, southward to Gabon, central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Angola
Dicrurus modestus modestus

Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (vemdro6) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.