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Spangled Drongo perched in eucalypt foliage
Record ID record-72361f6d-842a-47c0-817f-966ffbef07e7
Images and files
Spangled Drongo, Mary River valley near Tiaro, Qld, 26 Oct 2026: full bird showing the red eye, spangles and fish tail.
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Spangled Drongo, same bird, 16:28 AEST.
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Spangled Drongo, same bird, 16:28 AEST.
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Spangled Drongo, same bird, 16:28 AEST.
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- Basis of record
- Human observation
- Verbatim identification
- Spangled Drongo
- Taxon rank
- Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Dicruridae
- Genus
- Dicrurus
- Specific epithet
- bracteatus
- Scientific name
- Dicrurus bracteatus
- Scientific name authorship
- Gould, 1843
- Name according to
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Nomenclatural code
- ICZN (zoological)
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted
- Name match type
- Exact match
- Checklist
- Australian Faunal Directory, via the Atlas of Living Australia name-matching service
- Checklist version
- checked 2026-11-01
- Scientific name ID
- https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/32adbc19-eeb2-41a4-b477-01eaceb3b66e
- Identification remarks
- Photographed: glossy black plumage with iridescent spangles, red eye, stout black bill, long forked tail flared outward at the tip (fish tail).
- Identification confidence
- Certain
- Wild, cultivated or captive
- Wild
- Establishment means
- Native
- Individual count
- 1
- Life stage
- Adult
- Sex
- Not recorded
- Event date
- 2026-10-26
- Sampling protocol
- Seen and photographed with a phone (Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra), naked eye, 16:27–16:28 AEST.
- Occurrence remarks
- One Spangled Drongo perched on a thin branch in eucalypt foliage in late afternoon, then moving between perches.
- Uncertainty remarks
- none known
- Occurrence status
- Present
- Behaviour
- Perched, moving between perches in foliage.
- Data quality statement
- Identified from four phone photos showing diagnostic features; name checked as an exact match in the Australian Faunal Directory (via ALA) on 2026-11-01. Photos uploaded as GPS-free clean copies.
- Source
- Rob's phone photos 20261026_162808–162811
- Place
- Not shown on public record pages
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Rob Evans (2026). Spangled Drongo perched in eucalypt foliage. Clio Online Museum. https://cliomuseum.org/records/record-72361f6d-842a-47c0-817f-966ffbef07e7
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Creators
- Rob Evans https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6391-4464 (opens in a new tab) (verified with ORCID)
Version and provenance
- Version identifier
version-738d5b1d-116b-454a-9170-4203ab1a1a73- Canonical commitment
sha3-384:950af085f5cb5a7071d7a2ed6f075430c910371d5a305071cd2475abf6894d62d556e869edcef500c77597da8916be53- Accepted
- Previous version
version-85a5da57-6883-44ac-ad24-2bbe81f95a89
Evidence profile and standards
- Darwin Core 2026-05-26
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