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The drongos are ornithologically known as 卷尾 'curl tails'. The Black Drongo, in particular, has a number of names in popular and historical usage.
Species names
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Dicrurus macrocercus |
Black drongo | (大卷尾) 大卷尾 'large curl-tail' |
黑卷尾 (黑卷尾) 'black curl-tail' |
(黑黎鸡) 黑黎雞 'black dark fowl' (northern) (35) (黑尾捲) 黑尾捲 'black tail-curl' (southern) (35) (笠鸠  )笠鳩 'bamboo-hat-pigeon-ping' (35, from Materia Medica) (黎鸟) 黎鳥 'dark bird' 黑支箭 (黑支箭) 'black split arrow' (黑龙眼燕) 黑龍眼燕 'black dragon-eye swallow' (cf minivets) (明叫鸟) 明叫鳥 'light call bird' |
オウチュウ (烏秋) ōchū 'drongo' (written 'crow autumn' or 'black autumn') |
검은바람까마귀 geomeun-baram-kkamagwi 'black wind-crow' |
Chim Chèo bẻo 'drongo (bird)' (12, 34) |
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| Dicrurus leucophaeus |
Ashy drongo |
(灰卷尾) 灰卷尾 'grey curl-tail' |
灰卷尾 (灰卷尾) 'grey curl-tail' |
(黑龙眼燕) 黑龍眼燕 'black dragon-eye swallow' (cf minivets) |
ハイイロオウチュウ (灰色烏秋) hai-iro ōchū 'grey drongo' |
회색바람까마귀 hoe-saek-baram-kkamagwi 'grey-coloured wind-crow' |
Chim Chèo bẻo xám 'grey drongo (bird)' |
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| Dicrurus aeneus |
Bronzed drongo | (小卷尾) 小卷尾 'small curl-tail' |
古铜色卷尾 (古銅色卷尾) 'old copper (=bronze) coloured curl-tail' |
(铜色卷尾) 銅色卷尾 'copper-coloured curly-tailed' (35) |
ヒメオウチュウ (姫烏秋) hime ōchū 'princess drongo' |
Chim Chèo bẻo rừng 'forest drongo (bird)' |
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| Dicrurus hottentottus |
Hair-crested drongo Spangled drongo |
(发冠卷尾) 髮冠卷尾 'hair-crested curl-tail' |
发冠卷尾 (髮冠卷尾) 'hair-crested curl-tail' |
(卷尾燕) 卷尾燕 'curly-tailed swallow' (山黎鸡) 山黎雞 'mountain dark fowl' (northern) (35) |
カンムリオウチュウ (冠烏秋) kanmuri ōchū 'crested drongo' |
바람까마귀 baram-kkamagwi 'wind-crow' |
Chim Chèo bẻo bờm 'maned drongo (bird)' |
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中国鸟类分布名录 第二版 郑作新 科学出版社 北京 1976年
(Checklist of the Classification of Birds of China 2nd edition by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 1976)
香港及華南鳥類（第六版）（翻譯成中文及重新修訂） 尹璉、費嘉倫、林超英 香港性徵特區政府新聞處政府印務局 1994年
Birds of Hong Kong and South China (6th edition, translated into Chinese and newly revised) by Clive Viney, Karen Phillipps, Lin Chaoying, Hong Kong Govt. Press 1994
Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999
Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009
Chinese Birds (A Tentative List of Chinese Birds) 中國鳥類（中國鳥類目錄試編） N. Gist Gee, Lacy I. Moffett, G. D. Wilder (祁天錫, 慕維德, 萬卓志), Peiping, 1927 (reprinted 1948)
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