---
title: "Spateldrongo"
description: "Dicrurus remifer — Vogels. The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lesser-racket-tailed-drongo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spateldrongo

> Dicrurus remifer — Vogels. The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae.

- Scientific name: *Dicrurus remifer*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 753
- Wikidata: [Q1590038](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590038)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8286](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8286)

## Names

- en: Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
- de: Spateldrongo
- es: Drongo de Raquetas Chico
- fr: Drongo à rames
- nl: Spateldrongo
- pl: Dziwogon flagosterny

## Countries with the most observations

MY (297), TH (119), IN (68), VN (29), CN (24), NP (16), ID (14), BT (12), BD (10), MM (5)

## Summary

The lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is near the edge or inside of subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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

## Photo

![Spateldrongo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-racket-tailed-drongo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235652732

## Machine access

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