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title: "White-bellied Drongo"
description: "Dicrurus caerulescens — Uccelli. The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-bellied-drongo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-bellied Drongo

> Dicrurus caerulescens — Uccelli. The white-bellied drongo  (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent.

- Scientific name: *Dicrurus caerulescens*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2176
- Wikidata: [Q948979](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948979)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8276](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8276)

## Names

- en: White-bellied Drongo
- de: Graubrustdrongo
- es: Drongo Ventriblanco
- fr: Drongo à ventre blanc
- nl: Witbuikdrongo
- pl: Dziwogon białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1060), LK (685), NP (32)

## Summary

The white-bellied drongo  (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent. Like other members of the family Dicruridae, they are insectivorous and mainly black in colour, but with a white belly and vent. Young birds are, however, all black and may be confused with the black drongo, which is smaller and more compact in appearance. The subspecies found in Sri Lanka has white restricted to the vent.

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

## Photo

![White-bellied Drongo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-bellied-drongo/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377960647

## Machine access

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