Black drongo vs Tablas drongo
The tablas drongo is heavier: 79.2 g against 48.3 g for the black drongo, about 64% more.
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest Jarvis · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a black drongo and a tablas drongo?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The tablas drongo is heavier: 79.2 g against 48.3 g for the black drongo, about 64% more.
- Both belong to the genus Dicrurus, so they are close relatives.
- The black drongo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the tablas drongo is Endangered.
Side by side
| Black drongo | Tablas drongo | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Dicrurus macrocercus | Dicrurus menagei |
| Family | Dicruridae | Dicruridae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 46 g – 51 g | 75.8 g – 81 g |
| Length | 28 cm | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | 7.92 years |
| Main food | arthropods | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Endangered |
| 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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