Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

SCI Name:  Dicrurus remifer
Protonym:  Edolius remifer Pl.Col. livr.30 pl.178
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code:  lrtdro1
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1823
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).

remifer
L. remus, remi  oar; -fer  bearing  < ferre  to bear.

SUBSPECIES

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (tectirostris)
SCI Name: Dicrurus remifer tectirostris
tectirostris
L. tectus  covered  < tegere  to cover; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (peracensis)
SCI Name: Dicrurus remifer peracensis
peracensis
Perak State, Malaya.

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (lefoli)
SCI Name: Dicrurus remifer lefoli
lefoli
Aristide Eugène Le Fol (1878-1967) French colonial administrator, Acting Gov. of New Caledonia 1896-1897, Resident Superior in Cambodia 1927-1929 , Resident Superior in Laos 1932-1933 (subsp. Dicrurus remifer).

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (remifer)
SCI Name: Dicrurus remifer remifer
remifer
L. remus, remi  oar; -fer  bearing  < ferre  to bear.