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Lesser racket-tailed drongo

Dicrurus remifer (Temminck, 1823)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) is a species in the family Dicruridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 43 g to 44.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the lesser racket-tailed drongo

Weight
43 g – 44.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lesser racket-tailed drongo live?

Not recorded

What is the lesser racket-tailed drongo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is near the edge or inside of subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Lesser racket-tailed drongo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesser_racket-tailed_drongo&oldid=1362358848), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the lesser racket-tailed drongo endangered?

The lesser racket-tailed drongo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the lesser racket-tailed drongo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicruridae
  6. genusDicrurus
  7. SpeciesDicrurus remifer (Temminck, 1823)

Synonyms Bhringa fangi, Dicrurus retifer, Edolius remifer, Edolius retifer

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Lesser racquet-tailed drongoEnglish
  • drongo d'estandarts menutCatalan
  • drongo dlouhoocasýCzech
  • drongo llwy-gynffon bychanWelsh
  • Lille PragtdrongoDanish
  • SpateldrongoGerman
  • WimpeldrongoGerman
  • spatelvosta drongoEsperanto
  • Drongo de raquetas chicoSpanish
  • lippsaba-drongoEstonian
  • بوجانگای دمپارویی کوچکPersian
  • pikkuviiridrongoFinnish
  • Drongo à ramesFrench
  • dugorepi drongoCroatian
  • lobogós drongóHungarian
  • Srigunting bukitIndonesian
  • Drongo codaracchetta minoreItalian
  • ヒメカザリオウチュウJapanese
  • mažasis rojinis drongasLithuanian
  • vimpeldrongoNorwegian
  • dziwogon flagosternyPolish
  • drongo-de-raquetes-pequenoPortuguese
  • drongo-pequeno-de-raquetesPortuguese
  • Ракетохвостый дронгоRussian
  • Малый ракетохвостый дронгоRussian
  • drongo kráľovskýSlovak
  • Mali repati drongoSerbian
  • mindre vimpeldrongoSwedish
  • นกแซงแซวหางบ่วงเล็กThai
  • Küçük Raket Kuyruklu DrongoTurkish
  • дронго малийUkrainian
  • Chèo bẻo cờVietnamese
  • 小盘尾Chinese
  • 小盤尾Chinese

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Relatives of the lesser racket-tailed drongo

Other species in the same genus Dicrurus.

LC, Least Concern
Ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

Ashy drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Dicruridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lesser racket-tailed drongo?

An adult lesser racket-tailed drongo weighs 43 g – 44.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the lesser racket-tailed drongo endangered?

The lesser racket-tailed drongo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the lesser racket-tailed drongo?

The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) belongs to the family Dicruridae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{lesser_racket_tailed_drongo_2026,
  title = {Lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-racket-tailed-drongo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}