Dicrurus densus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The Wallacean drongo or Greater Wallacean drongo (Dicrurus densus) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It can be found in the countries of Indonesia and East Timor. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wallacean Drongo sighting in Komodo National Park on a given day, based on 98 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 76 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Wallacean Drongo in Komodo National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Komodo National Park's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against 10 mm in August.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wallacean Drongo sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Komodo National Park, in our data
Komodo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Wallacean Drongo sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Wallacean Drongo that you can see in Komodo National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Large-billed Crow (about 90%), Black-naped Oriole (about 60%) and Pacific Swallow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wallacean Drongo is recorded against all the birds logged in Komodo National Park (98 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
