Fork-tailed Drongo / Dicrurus adsimilis
Fork-tailed Drongo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Corvus adsimilis Allg.Uebers.Vogel[Latham] 2 p.362
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code: fotdro5
Type Locality: South Africa, restricted to Duwyenshoek River, southern Cape Province by Clancev (1956, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 76, p. 85).
Author: Bechstein
Publish Year: 1794
IUCN Status:
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).
adsimilis
L. assimilis or adsimilis similar, like.
● “47. Die Caffersche Dohle. Corvus adsimilis. Corvus afer? Lichtenstein a. a. O. S. 10. Nr. 99. Herr Lichtenstein glaubt selbst, daß diese Krähe keine bloße Spielart der Mexikanischen oder Senegalischen sey, sondern eine besondere Art. Sie ist dreyzehn Zoll lang, und der Schwanz ist gabelförmig und fünf und ein Viertel Zoll lang. Die ganze Farbe ist bläulich. Sie hat die Gestalt der Dohlen [Corvus monedula], weshalb sie Herr Lichtenstein auch so nennt. Ihr Vaterland ist Südafrika.” (Bechstein 1794) (Dicrurus).
SUBSPECIES
Fork-tailed Drongo (Clancey's)
SCI Name: Dicrurus adsimilis apivorus
apivora / apivorus
L. apis bee; -vorus -eating < vorare to devour.
● "41. FALCO. ... apivorus. 23. F. cera nigra, pedibus seminudis flavis, capite cinereo, caudæ fascia cinerea apice albo. Fn. svec. 66. Buteo apivorus s. vespivorus. Will. ornith. 38. t. 3. Raj. av. 16. Habitat in Europa; victitans Muribus, Lacertis, Insectis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pernis).
Fork-tailed Drongo (adsimilis Group)
SCI Name: Dicrurus adsimilis [adsimilis Group]
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).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)