Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Passeri

Family: Dicruridae
Vigors, 1825

Subfamily: Dicrurinae

Genus: Dicrurus
Vieillot, 1816

 are mostly black or dark grey, short-legged birds

 has an upright stance when perched
 have forked tails and some have elaborate tail decorations
 feed on insects which they catch in flight or on the ground
 Some species are accomplished mimics and have a variety of alarm calls, to which other
birds and animals often respond
 Is theorized to have achieved theory of mind, an ability posses only by human, but doubt still
covers the case
Balicassiao
Dicrurus balicassius (Linnaeus 1766)
Endemic in the Philippines
Least concern
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus
Non-endemic
Least concern/ lower risk
Black-naped monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Non-endemic
Least concern
Blue fantail
Rhipidura superciliaris

Endemic

Least concern/lower risk

Black-and-cinnamon Fantail
Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea
Endemic
Least concern/ lower risk
velvet-fronted nuthatch
Sitta frontalis
Non-endemic
Least concern
Malaysian Pied fantail
Rhipidura javanica
Non-endemic
Least concern
Elegant tit
Parus elegans
Endemic
Least concern