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Dicrurus bracteatus · Family Dicruridae

Dicrurus bracteatus

Family Dicruridae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Dicruridae
GBIF occurrence records
269,440
Countries and territories with records
11
Spangled Drongo
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About this species

This species has 269,440 occurrence records from 11 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (97.3%) and Papua New Guinea (1.7%); together they account for 99% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Dicrurus bracteatus combines the genus name Dicrurus with the species epithet bracteatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 23 species of the genus Dicrurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dicrurus macrocercus, Dicrurus adsimilis and Dicrurus paradiseus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 24 species of the family Dicruridae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Dicrurus macrocercus. Its record count is 1.8 times the family average (146,994). The family Dicruridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Dicruridae

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