Ashy drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot, 1817
Status not recordedsongbirds
The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species in the family Dicruridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 37.6 g to 41.8 g.
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Quick facts about the ashy drongo
- Weight
- 37.6 g – 41.8 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.5
- Lifestyle
- Perching
- Migration
- Sedentary
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the ashy drongo live?
Not recorded
Is the ashy drongo endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the ashy drongo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyDicruridae
- genusDicrurus
- SpeciesDicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot, 1817
Synonyms Buchanga leucogenis, Buchanga leucogenys cerussata, Dicrurus leucogenis, Dicrurus leucogenys meridionalis
Other names and names in other languages (44)
- درانغو رماديArabic
- Drongo louetBreton
- drongo cendrósCatalan
- drongo kouřovýCzech
- drongo llwydWelsh
- AskedrongoDanish
- GraudrongoGerman
- cindra drongoEsperanto
- Drongo cenizoSpanish
- tuhkdrongoEstonian
- بوجانگای خاکستریPersian
- tuhkadrongoFinnish
- Drongo cendréFrench
- Drongóg luaithriúilIrish
- דרונגו עשנוניHebrew
- sivi drongoCroatian
- szürke drongóHungarian
- Srigunting kelabuIndonesian
- Drongo cenerinoItalian
- ハイイロオウチュウJapanese
- ಬೂದು ಕಾಜಾಣKannada
- 회색바람까마귀Korean
- pilkasis drongasLithuanian
- pelēkais drongoLatvian
- കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാൻMalayalam
- राखाडी कोतवालMarathi
- Burung Cecawi RantauMalay
- လုံးမြီးဆွဲBurmese
- Grijze DrongoDutch
- dziwogon popielatyPolish
- drongo-cinzentoPortuguese
- Серый дронгоRussian
- අළු කවුඩාSinhala
- drongo popolavýSlovak
- Pepeljasti drongoSerbian
- grå drongoSwedish
- கரிச்சான்Tamil
- นกแซงแซวสีเทาThai
- Kül Rengi DrongoTurkish
- дронго сірийUkrainian
- Chèo bẻo xámVietnamese
- 灰卷尾Chinese
- بوچانگای خاکستریPersian
- Пепельный дронгоRussian
Relatives of the ashy drongo
Other species in the same genus Dicrurus.

Black drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
Greater Racket-tailed drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Bronzed drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Fork-tailed drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Andaman drongo
Dicrurus andamanensis
White-bellied drongo
Dicrurus caerulescens
CompareAshy drongo vs Black drongoAshy drongo vs Greater Racket-tailed drongoAshy drongo vs Bronzed drongoAshy drongo vs Fork-tailed drongo
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ashy drongo?
An adult ashy drongo weighs 37.6 g – 41.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the ashy drongo?
The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) belongs to the family Dicruridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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