Spangled drongo

Dicrurus bracteatus

The Spangled drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus) is a bird found in Australia. Woods and forests across Australia and New Guinea. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Dicrurus bracteatus
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Spangled drongo lives

Woods and forests across Australia and New Guinea.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs60%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
🍎 Fruit10%
🌸 Nectar10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It copies the calls of hawks to scare other birds into dropping their food.

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Recorded by Kelle Moreau (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1060870. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Spangled drongo

Where does the Spangled drongo live?

The Spangled drongo lives in Australia. Woods and forests across Australia and New Guinea.

What does the Spangled drongo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), fruit (about 10%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Spangled drongo endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.