Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyDicruridae (Drongos)
- GenusDicrurus (Drongos)
- SpeciesDicrurus macrocercus (Black Drongo)
Closest Relatives at Langtang National Park
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Bronzed Drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus remifer
Hair-crested Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Streaked Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron lineatum
Rufous Sibia
Heterophasia capistrata
Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus
Grey-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus frontalis
Variegated Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron variegatum
📅 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 Langtang National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Black Drongo sighting in Langtang National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black Drongo in Langtang National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Black Drongo in Langtang National Park in our monthly data.