This taxon is Not Recognised as a species by BirdLife International.
Taxonomic note
Dicrurus hottentottus and D. striatus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as D. hottentottus following a previous split of D. mengai from D. hottentottus, acknowledged by Rocamora & Yeatman-Berthelot (2009).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Dicrurus hottentottus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/dicrurus-hottentottus on 21/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 21/12/2024.