- Wallacean Drongo
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Wallacean Drongo Conservation status 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.
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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.[1]
Subspecies
The following six subspecies are recognized:[2]
- D. densus densus (Bonaparte, 1850) Wallacean Drongo
- D. densus vicinus (Rensch, 1928) Lesser Sunda Drongo
- D. densus bimaensis (Wallace, 1864) Bima Drongo
- D. densus sumbae (Rensch, 1931) Sumba Drongo
- D. densus kuehni (E. J. O. Hartert, 1901) Tanimbar Drongo
- D. densus megalornis (G. R. Gray, 1858) Moluccan Drongo
- Gorong, Watubela Is., and Kai Is., in southwest Moluccas
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Dicrurus densus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
External links
- Photograph at mangoverde.com
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