Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyDicruridae (Drongos)
- GenusDicrurus (Drongos)
- SpeciesDicrurus paradiseus (Greater Racket-tailed Drongo)
Closest Relatives at Yala National Park
White-bellied Drongo
Dicrurus caerulescens
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Sri Lanka Drongo
Dicrurus lophorinus
Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicatus
Yellow-billed Babbler
Turdoides affinis
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-browed Fantail
Rhipidura aureola
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
White-browed Bulbul
Pycnonotus luteolus
📅 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 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo in Yala National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo sighting in Yala National Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Racket-tailed Drongo in Yala National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Greater Racket-tailed Drongo in Yala National Park in our monthly data.