Species profile
Shining Drongo
Dicrurus atripennis
Quick answer
Forests of Guinea and Sierra Leone to Gabon and e Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus atripennis
- Family
- Dicruridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Dicrurus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Shining Drongo in your journal
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