Tablas drongo

Tablas drongo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus
Species: D. menagei
Binomial name
Dicrurus menagei
(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

The Tablas drongo (Dicrurus menagei) is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the hair-crested drongo.

It is endemic to Tablas Island in the Philippines. The specific name, menagei, commemorates Louis F. Menage, an American real estate tycoon.

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