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Dicrurus macrocercus · Family Dicruridae
Dicrurus macrocercus
Family Dicruridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicruridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,499,544
- Countries and territories with records
- 36
About this species
This species has 1,499,544 occurrence records from 36 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (66.5%), Taiwan (23.2%), Thailand (3.9%), Nepal (1.5%) and China (1%); together they account for 96.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 1.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Dicrurus macrocercus combines the genus name Dicrurus with the species epithet macrocercus. The Warbla app catalog lists 23 species of the genus Dicrurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dicrurus adsimilis, Dicrurus paradiseus and Dicrurus leucophaeus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 24 species of the family Dicruridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 10.2 times the family average (146,994). The family Dicruridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.