Black drongo vs Shining drongo
The black drongo is heavier: 48.3 g against 38.9 g for the shining drongo, about 24% more.
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Swainson, 1837 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a black drongo and a shining drongo?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The black drongo is heavier: 48.3 g against 38.9 g for the shining drongo, about 24% more.
- Both belong to the genus Dicrurus, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Black drongo | Shining drongo | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Dicrurus macrocercus | Dicrurus atripennis |
| Family | Dicruridae | Dicruridae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 46 g – 51 g | 38 g – 40.5 g |
| Length | 28 cm | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | arthropods | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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