Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyDicruridae (Drongos)
- GenusDicrurus (Drongos)
- SpeciesDicrurus macrocercus (Black Drongo)
Closest Relatives at Bandipur National Park
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Bronzed Drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
White-bellied Drongo
Dicrurus caerulescens
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
Jungle Myna
Acridotheres fuscus
Common Tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
House Crow
Corvus splendens
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black Drongo in Bandipur National Park?
About 39% of visitor-days record a Black Drongo sighting in Bandipur National Park, based on 77 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black Drongo in Bandipur National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Black Drongo in Bandipur National Park in our monthly data.