Bronzed Drongo

SCI Name:  Dicrurus aeneus
Protonym:  Dicrurus aeneus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 9 p.586
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code:  brodro1
Type Locality:  Bengal.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1817
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DICRURUS
(Dicruridae; † Balicassiao D. balicassius) Gr. δικρος dikros  forked; ουρα oura  tail; "125. DRONGO, Dicrurus.  Lanius, Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec couvert de soies à la base, robuste; mandibule supérieure un peu carénée en dessus, échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue fourchue. — Rectrices 10.   Esp. Balicasse. — Fingah. — Drongo, Buff.  ...  Dicrurus [δικρους, furcatus, ουρα, cauda]." (Vieillot 1816); "Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816 (April 14), Analyse, p. 41.  Type, by subsequent designation, ["Balicasse" of de Buffon =] Corvus balicassius Linnaeus (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 47)." (Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 138).   
Var. Dicruratus (probably an involuntary lapsus or portmanteau of specific combination Dicrurus longicaudatus Hay, 1868), Dicrourus, Dicturus (OD per Martin Schneider).   
Synon. Balicassius, Bhringa, Bhuchanga, Bonaparteis, Chaptia, Chibia, Cometes, Criniger,  Dicrachibia, Dicranostreptus, Dicruropsis, Dissemuroides, Dissemuropsis, Dissemurulus, Dissemurus, Drongo, Drongus, Drymonax, Edolius, Edoliuta, Entomoletes, Melisseus, Musicus, Notochibia, Prepopterus, Trichometopus.
• (Dicruridae; syn. Dicrurus † Black Drongo D. macrocercus) "Dicrurus (Auct)  Bhuchanga." (Hodgson 1841); "Dicrurus Hodgson, 1841, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X (1), (no. 109), p. 29.  Classical replacement name for Bhuchanga Hodgson, a local substantive name considered inappropriate by some." (JAJ 2020) (see Alcopus).

aeneum / aeneus
L. aeneus  of a bronze colour, bronzed, coppery  < aes, aeris  bronze.
● ex “Sucrier Bronzé” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 297 (?syn. Cinnyris sp.).
● ex “Dicée bronzé” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Dicaeum).
● ex "Drongo Bronzé" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 176 (Dicrurus).
● ex “Merula viridis longicauda senegalensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle vert à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, “Merle cuivre d’Afrique” of Salerne 1767, and “Glossy Thrush" of Latham 1783 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Grand coucou de Madagascar” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 587, and “Vourou-driou” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Leptosomus discolor).

SUBSPECIES

Bronzed Drongo (aeneus)
SCI Name: Dicrurus aeneus aeneus
aeneum / aeneus
L. aeneus  of a bronze colour, bronzed, coppery  < aes, aeris  bronze.
● ex “Sucrier Bronzé” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 297 (?syn. Cinnyris sp.).
● ex “Dicée bronzé” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1845 (Dicaeum).
● ex "Drongo Bronzé" of Levaillant 1805, pl. 176 (Dicrurus).
● ex “Merula viridis longicauda senegalensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle vert à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, “Merle cuivre d’Afrique” of Salerne 1767, and “Glossy Thrush" of Latham 1783 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Grand coucou de Madagascar” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 587, and “Vourou-driou” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Leptosomus discolor).

Bronzed Drongo (malayensis)
SCI Name: Dicrurus aeneus malayensis
malaya / malayana / malayanus / malayensis
Malaya  < Malay Melayu  Malays  < Melaka  Malacca (a powerful mediaeval sultanate). In ornithology the name can refer either to the Malay Peninsula or the Malay Archipelago (also known as the Indian Archipelago, Malaysia or the East Indies).

Bronzed Drongo (braunianus)
SCI Name: Dicrurus aeneus braunianus
brauniana / braunianus
George Braun (fl. 1861) assistant to Robert Swinhoe British Consul to Taiwan (subsp. Dicrurus aeneus).