Dicrurus macrocercus
System : Terrestrial
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Animalia
Chordata
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Passeriformes
Dicruridae
  • Not Evaluated
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  • No Alien Population
    NA
  • Data Deficient
    DD
  • Minimal Concern
    MC
  • Minor
    MN
  • Moderate
    MO
  • Major
    MR
  • Massive
    MV
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Dicrurus macrocercus. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Dicrurus+macrocercus on 06-06-2025.

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Red List assessed species 4: CR = 1; LC = 3;
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2 references found for Dicrurus macrocercus

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General information
Amidon, F. A. (2000). Habitat relationships and life history of the Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops rotensis). Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Sc, 121. Online. Available from: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12072000-091007/. Accessed 07/04/20.
Maben AF. 1982. The feeding ecology of the black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) on Guam. A thesis presented to the Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach. Online. Available from https://www.fwspubs.org/doi/suppl/10.3996/112014-JFWM-085/suppl_file/112014-jfwm-085.s20.pdf. Accessed 01/05/20.
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Dicrurus macrocercus
Date assessed
2020-05-19
Year published
2021
Eicat category
MN (Minor)
Justification for EICAT assessment


The Black Drongo predates on native bird and insect species on Rota and Guam. This predation is believed to have caused a decline in the population of the Rota White-eye (Zosterops rotensis), but studies failed to link predation by Black Drongos with declining populations of native bird species on Rota. No population level impacts have been observed (Maben 1982, Amidon 2000, Fancy and Snetsinger 2001).
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Low
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Predation
Countries of most severe impact
U.S.A. (sovereign state) Mariana Islands
Description of impacts
Assessor
Thomas Evans
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Recommended citation
Thomas Evans (2025). Dicrurus macrocercus. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).