Sulawesi drongo
Dicrurus montanus (Riley, 1919)
The sulawesi drongo (Dicrurus montanus) is a species in the family Dicruridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 38 g to 61 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the sulawesi drongo
- Weight
- 38 g – 61 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
- Not recorded
- 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 sulawesi drongo live?
Not recorded
What is the sulawesi drongo?
The Sulawesi drongo (Dicrurus montanus) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Is the sulawesi drongo endangered?
The sulawesi drongo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the sulawesi drongo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyDicruridae
- genusDicrurus
- SpeciesDicrurus montanus (Riley, 1919)
Synonyms Dicruropsis montana, Dicrurus bracteatus montanus
Other names and names in other languages (27)
- Drongo SulawesiBreton
- drongo de SulawesiCatalan
- drongo celebeskýCzech
- BergdrongoGerman
- celebesa drongoEsperanto
- Drongo de CélebesSpanish
- بوجانگای سوآلزیPersian
- celebesindrongoFinnish
- Drongo des CélèbesFrench
- sulaveški drongoCroatian
- hegyi drongóHungarian
- Srigunting sulawesiIndonesian
- Drongo di SulawesiItalian
- セレベスオウチュウJapanese
- sulavesinis drongasLithuanian
- SulawesibergdrongoDutch
- dziwogon górskiPolish
- drongo-da-celebesPortuguese
- drongo-de-celebesPortuguese
- Сулавесский дронгоRussian
- drongo horskýSlovak
- Celebeski drongoSerbian
- นกแซงแซวสุลาเวสีThai
- Selebes DrongosuTurkish
- дронго гірськийUkrainian
- 苏拉威西卷尾Chinese
- 蘇拉威西卷尾Chinese
Relatives of the sulawesi drongo
Other species in the same genus Dicrurus.
Black drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
Greater racket-tailed drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Ashy drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Bronzed drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Fork-tailed drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Andaman drongo
Dicrurus andamanensis
CompareSulawesi drongo vs Black drongoSulawesi drongo vs Greater racket-tailed drongoSulawesi drongo vs Ashy drongoSulawesi drongo vs Bronzed drongo
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sulawesi drongo?
An adult sulawesi drongo weighs 38 g – 61 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sulawesi drongo endangered?
The sulawesi 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 sulawesi drongo?
The sulawesi drongo (Dicrurus montanus) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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