Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Dicruridae > Dicrurus > Dicrurus andamanensisDicrurus andamanensis (Andaman Drongo)The Andaman drongo (Dicrurus andamanensis) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands of the Indian Ocean. There are two subspecies, the nominate race being found across the main islands of the archipelago, and the race dicruriformis occurring on Great Coco Island and Table Island in the north of the chain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.71372 EDGE Score: 2.5973 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 100 % | Forages - Canopy [1] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [1] | 80 % | | Clutch Size [2] | 2 |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Andaman Islands rain forests |
India |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Austin Strait |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Barangtang: Rafters Creek |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Chainpur and Hanspuri |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Interview Island Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Jarawa Reserve (Middle Andaman and South Andaman) |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Kadakachang |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Landfall Island Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Little Andaman |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (Wandoor National Park) |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Diavalo/Cuthbert Bay |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Harriett National Park |
India |
A1, A2 |
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North and South Sentinel |
India |
A1, A2 |
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North Reef Island Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Rani Jhansi Marine National Park |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Saddle Peak National Park |
India |
A1, A2 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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