{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Crow-billed drongo | image =Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectans) - Flickr - Lip Kee.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Dicrurus annectens'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T22706970A111051553 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22706970A111051553.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Dicrurus | species = annectens | authority = (Hodgson, 1836) | synonyms = }}
The '''crow-billed drongo''' ('''''Dicrurus annectens''''') is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is native to moist tropical forests of southeastern Asia where its range extends from India to the Philippines and Indonesia. It is a completely black bird with a shallowly forked tail and is similar in appearance to the black drongo. It breeds between April and June, the cup-shaped nest being built in the fork of a branch by both birds, the female afterwards incubating the eggs. It is a common bird and the IUCN has listed it as "least concern".
==Taxonomy== The crow-billed drongo was originally described by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 and given the binomial name ''Bhuchanga annectans''.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Hodgson | first=Brian Houghton | author-link=Brian Houghton Hodgson | year=1836 | title=On some new species of the Edolian and Ceblepyrine subfamilies of the Laniidae of Nepal | journal=India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts | volume=1 | issue=8 | pages=324–329 [326] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52652879 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Greenway | editor2-first=James C. Jr | year=1962 | title=Check-list of birds of the world | volume=15 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=146 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485519 }}</ref> The specific epithet is a misspelling of the Latin word ''annectens'' meaning "connecting".<ref name=hbwkey>{{cite web | last=Jobling | first=J.A. | year=2017 | title= Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/key-to-scientific-names-in-ornithology?name=annectans+%2F+annectens | access-date=7 January 2018 }}</ref> This error has been corrected following the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to give the current scientific name ''Dicrurus annectens''.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Orioles, drongos & fantails | work=World Bird List Version 8.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/orioles/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=27 January 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Dickinson | editor1-first=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson | editor2-last=Christidis | editor2-first=L. | editor2-link=Leslie Christidis | year=2014 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume=2: Passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-2-2 | page=220 }}</ref> The present genus ''Dicrurus'' had been introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.<ref>{{cite book | last=Vieillot | first=Louis Pierre | author-link=Louis Pierre Vieillot | title=Analyse d'Une Nouvelle Ornithologie Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire | publisher=Deterville/self | year=1816 | location=Paris | page=41 | language=French| url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9745205x/f47.image }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Greenway | editor2-first=James C. Jr | year=1962 | title=Check-list of birds of the world | volume=15 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=138 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485511 }}</ref>
==Description== This bird, which is similar to the black drongo, is jet-black in color and has a stout bill. It has a forked tail.<ref name="xyz">{{cite book|last1=Ali|first1=Salim|title=The Book of Indian Birds|date=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=India|page=228}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== It is found in: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />
==Behavior== This species inhabits dense evergreen forests and moist-deciduous forests. The nesting season is from April to June. The nest is usually a small cup made of grass that is held together by cobwebs. The nests can be found in the fork of a slender branch. The female incubates the eggs. However, both the male and female birds build the nest.<ref name="xyz" />
==Diet and Feeding== This species eats insects and other small animals.<ref name="xyz" />
==References== {{Commons category|Dicrurus annectens}} {{Reflist}}
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