Philippine Drongo
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The Philippine drongo ( Dicrurus balicassius , Syn. Corvus balicassius ) is a species of bird from the Drongos family .
The Latin name refers to the native bird name in Filipino .
The first description comes from the year 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin-Jacques Brisson .
It is endemic to the Philippines .
The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical moist deep forest up to 1200 m. Height.
description
The Philippine drongo is 26 cm tall, the male weighs 63 to 79, the female 65 to 80 g. The entire head, including the throat and iris, is black and the beak is light brown. The top is black with a clear metallic sheen. The long, slightly forked tail is also black.
voice
The call of the male is described as a pleasant mixture of clear whistling tones interspersed with rough noises.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are recognized:
- D. b. abraensis Vaurie , 1947 - northern Philippines
- D. b. balicassius ( Linnaeus , 1766), nominate form - English Balicassiao - Philippines ( Luzon , Polillo, Lubang, Verde, Mindoro , Marinduque , Catanduanes )
- D. b. mirabilis Walden & EL Layard , 1872 - English Visayan Drongo - western Philippines
Way of life
The food consists - as far as is known - of insects that are captured from a free-standing hide in the undergrowth or at the top of the tree.
The breeding season is probably all year round.
Hazardous situation
The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).
literature
- Carl von Linné : Systema naturae: per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, part 1 (12th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. Pp. 157, 1766
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philippinendrongo , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
- ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- ^ B. Beolens, M. Watkins: Whose Bird ?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate , Christopher Helm, London, 2003
- ↑ MJ Brisson: Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés. Vol. 2. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. 1760, pp. 31–32, plate 2 fig. 1.
- ↑ a b c d e Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ Orioles, drongos, fantails
- ↑ Redlist
