Spangled Drongo
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Spangled Drongo

Dicrurus bracteatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Lorentz National Park
2 Verified records at Lorentz National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The spangled drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus) is a bird of the family Dicruridae. It is the only drongo to be found in Australia, where it can be recognised by its black, iridescent plumage and its characteristic forked tail. It feeds on insects and small vertebrates. It has complex and varied calls and is a mimic of the sounds it hears. It arrives in Queensland in late spring and breeds high in an isolated tree, producing three to five young each year. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lorentz National Park

Papuan Drongo
LC

Papuan Drongo

Bird

Chaetorhynchus papuensis

Insufficient data
Red-capped Flowerpecker
LC

Red-capped Flowerpecker

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Dicaeum geelvinkianum

70–80% · Very likely
Smoky Honeyeater
LC

Smoky Honeyeater

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Melipotes fumigatus

70–80% · Very likely
Friendly Fantail
LC

Friendly Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura albolimbata

70–80% · Very likely
Belford's Melidectes
LC

Belford's Melidectes

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Melidectes belfordi

60–70% · Likely
Red-collared Myzomela
LC

Red-collared Myzomela

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myzomela rosenbergii

60–70% · Likely
Black-backed Honeyeater
LC

Black-backed Honeyeater

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Ptiloprora perstriata

60–70% · Likely
Lorentz's Whistler
LC

Lorentz's Whistler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Pachycephala lorentzi

60–70% · Likely
Brown-breasted Gerygone
LC

Brown-breasted Gerygone

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gerygone ruficollis

60–70% · Likely
Splendid Astrapia
LC

Splendid Astrapia

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Astrapia splendidissima

40–50% · Likely
Baliem Whistler

Baliem Whistler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pachycephala balim

40–50% · Likely
Black-breasted Munia
LC Endemic

Black-breasted Munia

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Lonchura teerinki

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Spangled Drongo at Lorentz National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
2 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
3 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
4 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
5 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
7 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
8 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
11 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
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