Palawan Drongo
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The Palawan drongo (''Dicrurus palawanensis'') is an
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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
of the family Dicruridae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the
hair-crested drongo The hair-crested drongo (''Dicrurus hottentottus'') is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with '' Dicrurus bracteatus'', for which the name "spangled drongo" – formerly used for both &n ...
. It is endemic to
Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
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* Palawan drongo Birds of Palawan Endemic birds of the Philippines Palawan drongo Palawan drongo {{Dicruridae-stub