Hair-crested Drongo

The hair-crested drongo is an Asian drongo formerly considered conspecific with the spangled drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus), for which that name is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran drongo as a subspecies. It is native from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia and Brunei. Small flocks are very noisy (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is short and gives no measurements or breeding information. SoIB 2023 rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident and winter migrant of forest and plantation with a Large range of about 314,000 km² and a decline of about 38% over the long term (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).