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title: "Greater Racket-tailed Drongo"
description: "Dicrurus paradiseus — Uccelli. The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-racket-tailed-drongo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

> Dicrurus paradiseus — Uccelli. The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips.

- Scientific name: *Dicrurus paradiseus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 8743
- Wikidata: [Q856531](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856531)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204502](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204502)

## Names

- en: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- de: Flaggendrongo
- es: Drongo de Raquetas Grande
- fr: Drongo à raquettes
- nl: Vlaggendrongo
- pl: Dziwogon rajski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (2140), SG (2080), TH (1624), MY (1284), VN (329), ID (120), KH (114), CN (95), NP (42), MM (30), BD (29), BN (10)

## Summary

The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae. They are conspicuous in the forest habitats often perching in the open and by attracting attention with a wide range of loud calls that include perfect imitations of many other birds. One hypothesis suggested is that these vocal imitations may help in the formation of mixed-species foraging flocks, a feature seen in forest bird communities where many insect feeders forage…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_racket-tailed_drongo

## Photo

![Greater Racket-tailed Drongo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-racket-tailed-drongo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257458916

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-racket-tailed-drongo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).