Wallacean drongo

Wallacean drongo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicruridae
Genus:	Dicrurus
Species:	D. densus
Binomial name
Dicrurus densus (Bonaparte, 1850)

The Wallacean drongo or Greater Wallacean drongo (Dicrurus densus) is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family. It can be found in the countries of Indonesia and East Timor. Contrary to the independence of East Timor, the Wallacean drongo continues to be considered an Indonesian endemic. It breeds in both countries.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Conservation Status

The Wallacean drongo has a very large range and does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion. Its extent of occurrence is greater than 20,000 km². The population trend is not known but it is not believed to be declining sufficiently rapidly, and the population size is believed to be large enough for it to not qualify as Vulnerable using the population size criterion. For these reasons the species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.^[2]

Subspecies

The following six subspecies are recognized:^[3]

• D. densus densus (Bonaparte, 1850) Wallacean drongo
  • Roti, Timor, Wetar, and Sermata
• D. densus vicinus (Rensch, 1928) Lesser Sunda drongo
  • Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands
• D. densus bimaensis (Wallace, 1864) Bima drongo
  • Sumbawa, Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Pantar, Alor, and Gunungapi
• D. densus sumbae (Rensch, 1931) Sumba drongo
  • Sumba
• D. densus kuehni (E. J. O. Hartert, 1901) Tanimbar drongo
  • Tanimbar Islands
• D. densus megalornis (G. R. Gray, 1858) Moluccan drongo
  • Gorong, Watubela Is., and Kai Is., in southwest Moluccas

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Dicrurus densus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6043&m=0
3. http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/wallacean-drongo-dicrurus-densus

External links

• Photograph at mangoverde.com