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White-bellied drongo

Dicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species in the family Dicruridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 38.3 g to 40 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)
Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-bellied drongo

Weight
38.3 g – 40 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
2.4src 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 white-bellied drongo live?

Not recorded

What is the white-bellied drongo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent. Like other members of the family Dicruridae, they are insectivorous and mainly black in colour, but with a white belly and vent. Young birds are, however, all black and may be confused with the black drongo, which is smaller and more compact in appearance. The subspecies found in Sri Lanka has white restricted to the vent.

From the Wikipedia article “White-bellied drongo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-bellied_drongo&oldid=1382581374), 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 white-bellied drongo endangered?

The white-bellied 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. What the categories mean.

How is the white-bellied drongo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyDicruridae
  6. genusDicrurus
  7. SpeciesDicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Buchanga caerulescens, Lanius caerulescens, Lanius fingah

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Drongo kof gwennBreton
  • drongo panxablancCatalan
  • Dongo de Ventre BlancCatalan
  • drongo šedobřichýCzech
  • Drongo torwynWelsh
  • Hvidbuget DrongoDanish
  • GraubrustdrongoGerman
  • blankventra drongoEsperanto
  • Drongo ventriblancoSpanish
  • valgekõht-drongoEstonian
  • بوجانگای شکمسفیدPersian
  • valkovatsadrongoFinnish
  • Drongo à ventre blancFrench
  • bjelotrbi drongoCroatian
  • szürkebegyű drongóHungarian
  • Drongo panciabiancaItalian
  • Drongo ventrebiancoItalian
  • シロハラオウチュウJapanese
  • baltapilvis drongasLithuanian
  • കാക്കരാജൻMalayalam
  • पांढरपोट्या कोतवालMarathi
  • ध्वाँसे चिबेNepali
  • WitbuikdrongoDutch
  • hvitbukdrongoNorwegian
  • dziwogon białobrzuchyPolish
  • drongo-de-barriga-brancaPortuguese
  • Белобрюхий дронгоRussian
  • drongo sivobruchýSlovak
  • Belotrbi drongoSerbian
  • Vitbukad drongoSwedish
  • vitbukig drongoSwedish
  • นกแซงแซวท้องขาวThai
  • Ak Karınlı DrongoTurkish
  • дронго білочеревийUkrainian
  • 白腹卷尾Chinese

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Relatives of the white-bellied 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 white-bellied drongo?

An adult white-bellied drongo weighs 38.3 g – 40 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-bellied drongo endangered?

The white-bellied 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 white-bellied drongo?

The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) belongs to the family Dicruridae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_bellied_drongo_2026,
  title = {White-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-bellied-drongo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}