Dicrurus Densus Bird
Dicrurus Densus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Edolius densus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.352
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code: waldro1
Type Locality: Timor.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DICRURUS
(Dicruridae; † Balicassiao D. balicassius) Gr. δικρος dikros forked; ουρα oura tail; "125. DRONGO, Dicrurus. Lanius, Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec couvert de soies à la base, robuste; mandibule supérieure un peu carénée en dessus, échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue fourchue. — Rectrices 10. Esp. Balicasse. — Fingah. — Drongo, Buff. ... Dicrurus [δικρους, furcatus, ουρα, cauda]." (Vieillot 1816); "Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816 (April 14), Analyse, p. 41. Type, by subsequent designation, ["Balicasse" of de Buffon =] Corvus balicassius Linnaeus (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 47)." (Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 138).
Var. Dicruratus (probably an involuntary lapsus or portmanteau of specific combination Dicrurus longicaudatus Hay, 1868), Dicrourus, Dicturus (OD per Martin Schneider).
Synon. Balicassius, Bhringa, Bhuchanga, Bonaparteis, Chaptia, Chibia, Cometes, Criniger, Dicrachibia, Dicranostreptus, Dicruropsis, Dissemuroides, Dissemuropsis, Dissemurulus, Dissemurus, Drongo, Drongus, Drymonax, Edolius, Edoliuta, Entomoletes, Melisseus, Musicus, Notochibia, Prepopterus, Trichometopus.
• (Dicruridae; syn. Dicrurus † Black Drongo D. macrocercus) "Dicrurus (Auct) Bhuchanga." (Hodgson 1841); "Dicrurus Hodgson, 1841, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X (1), (no. 109), p. 29. Classical replacement name for Bhuchanga Hodgson, a local substantive name considered inappropriate by some." (JAJ 2020) (see Alcopus).
densus
L. densus thick, dense.
SUBSPECIES
Wallacean Drongo (Lombok)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus vicinus
vicinus
L. vicinus very near < vicus town district, street.
Wallacean Drongo (Flores)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus bimaensis
bimaensis
Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia.
Wallacean Drongo (Sumba)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus sumbae
sumbae / sumbaensis / sumbanus
Sumba I., Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.
Wallacean Drongo (Timor)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus densus
densus
L. densus thick, dense.
Wallacean Drongo (Tanimbar)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus kuehni
kuehni
Heinrich Kühn (1860-1906) German explorer, collector in the East Indies (syn. Aplonis minor, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii, syn. Coracina novaehollandiae melanops, subsp. Cyornis hyacinthinus, subsp. Dicaeum celebicum, subsp. Dicrurus densus, syn. Eos rubra, subsp. Erythropitta macklotii, subsp. Gerygone dorsalis, subsp. Hypotaenidia torquata, Myzomela, subsp. Pachycephala griseonota, syn. Tyto alba delicatula, subsp. Xanthotis polygrammus, Zosterops) (see audacis).
Wallacean Drongo (Kai)
Latin Name: Dicrurus densus megalornis
megalornis
Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)