Hair-crested Drongos
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The Hair-crested Drongo or Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae.
This species was formerly considered conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species) with the Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus), for which the name "Spangled Drongo" is now usually reserved.
Some authorities consider it conspecific with the Sumatran Drongo (Dicrurus sumatranus) (Lepage 2003).
Distribution / Range
It is native from India and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia, and Brunei (BirdLife International 2008).
Hair-crested Drongos move in small flocks and are very noisy.
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