Spangled Drongo

SCI Name:  Dicrurus bracteatus
Protonym:  Dicrurus bracteatus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.132
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus
Taxonomy Code:  spadro1
Type Locality:  eastern and northern coasts of Australia.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1843
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).

bracteata / bracteatus / bractiatus
L. bracteatus  gilt, gold-plated  < bractea  gold leaf.

SUBSPECIES

Spangled Drongo (Morotai)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus morotensis
morotaiana / morotaianus / morotaiensis / morotensis
Mortay / Morty / Morotai I., Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.

Spangled Drongo (Halmahera)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus atrocaeruleus
atrocaerulea / atrocaeruleus
L. ater black, dark; caeruleus dark-blue (cf. Mod. L. atrocaeruleus dark-blue). In combination with other colours ater usually means dark or deep. The use of ‘o’ as a connecting vowel instead of ‘i’ is frowned upon, but standard practice in ornithology and botany.

Spangled Drongo (Buru)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus buruensis
buruanus / buruensis
Buru I., Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.

Spangled Drongo (Seram)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus amboinensis
amboinense / amboinensis / amboynensis
Amboina or Amboyna, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies / Ambon, Indonesia.
● ex “Psittaca Amboinensis coccinea” of Brisson 1760 (Alisterus).
● ex “Turtur Amboinensis” of Brisson 1760 (Macropygia).
● ex “Figuier Rouge” of Levaillant 1803, fig. 136 (unident.;?syn. Myzomela sp.).
● ex “Avis amboinensis” or “Calatti” of Seba 1734-1765, “Tangara amboinensis caerulea” of Brisson 1760, and “Amboina Tanager” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Avicula amboinensis cinerea” of Seba 1734-1765, “Merula amboinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Merle d’Amboine” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Amboine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Spangled Drongo (Papuan)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus carbonarius
carbonarius
L. carbonarius  charcoal-burner (i.e. black, blackened)  < carbo, carbonis  charcoal.

Spangled Drongo (Bismarck)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus laemostictus
laemosticta / laemostictus
Gr. λαιμος laimos throat; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.

Spangled Drongo (Guadalcanal)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus meeki
meeki / meekiana
Albert Stewart Meek (1871-1943) English explorer, collector in New Guinea, Melanesia and Australia (syn. Amaurornis cinerea, subsp. Cacomantis flabelliformis, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii, Ceyx, Charmosyna, syn. Coracina papuensis angustifrons, Corvus, subsp. Dicrurus bracteatus, subsp. Edolisoma melas, Erythropitta, subsp. Loriculus aurantiifrons, subsp. Macropygia amboinensis, subsp. Melanocharis versteri, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, ‡Microgoura, Micropsitta, syn. Myzomela obscura fumata, Ninox, subsp. Oedistoma pygmaeum, subsp. Pachycephala leucogastra, subsp. Parotia carolae, subsp. Podargus ocellatus, syn. Psittaculirostris desmarestii godmani, Ptiloprora, subsp. Sericornis papuensis, subsp. Syma torotoro, subsp. Symposiachrus browni, subsp. Tyto alba, Zosterops).

Spangled Drongo (Makira)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus longirostris
longirostris
L. longus  long; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).

Spangled Drongo (Spangled)
SCI Name: Dicrurus bracteatus [bracteatus 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).