Abundance: 0.02 to 10.53% (median 1.41%)

Latitudinal range: -34.0° to 26.4°

Habitats: temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (13), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical wetland (4)

Found in 32 samples

Bangladesh: Baikka Beel (March 2011), Baikka Beel (December 2011), Baikka Beel (February 2013), Tanguar (February 2012)

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)

China: Jianfengling Forest Area (1000 m), Jianfengling Forest Area (500 m), Shunhuang Shan Nature Reserve

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

India: Wangasara (Forest A), Wangasara (Forest B), Wangasara (Coffee plantation)

Indonesia: Larut Matang District (secondary forest)

Ivory Coast: Bossematié Forest (selective cleaning)

Kenya: Kakamega Forest

Madagascar: Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (720 m), Réserve Naturella d'Intégrale d'Andringitra (810 m)

Malaysia: Pasoh Forest Reserve (virgin forest), Pasoh Forest Reserve (regenerating forest)

Namibia: Waterberg Escarpment

Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh)

Papua New Guinea: Crater Mountain Biological Research Station

Philippines: Panicuason Central Nursery

South Africa: Umdoni Park, Cape Receife, Tonqani

Tanzania: Mangala Forest Reserve (pre-fire)

Thailand: Wat Phai Lom (1969), Wat Phai Lom (1970), Srinakarin Dam (mist nets)

Vietnam: Cuc Phuong National Park (birds)

Zambia: Balmoral

See also Dicrurus adsimilis, Dicrurus aeneus, Dicrurus annectans, Dicrurus annectens, Dicrurus atripennis, Dicrurus balicassius, Dicrurus forficatus, Dicrurus hottentottus, Dicrurus hottentotus, Dicrurus leucophaeus, Dicrurus ludwigii, Dicrurus macrocercus, Dicrurus paradiseus