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Black Drongo – Specimen 1 – ssp. macrocercus – Male

Details

Subspecies: Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus (Vieillot, 1817)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-060001
Date: 18 January 2022
Gender: Male
Location: Unknown
Reason for death: Kite String Injury

Overall

Weight: 27 gm
Wingspan: 347 mm
One wing: 156 mm
Body Length with tail: 269 mm
Tail Length: 159 mm
Primary Projection: 32.8 mm
Wing-to-tail: 81.3 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 48.1 mm
Head Width: 13.8 mm
Beak Length: 20.5 mm
Beak Width: 11.3 mm
Gape Length: 23.9 mm
Gape Width: 11.8 mm

Legs

Femur: 21.4 mm
Tibiotarsus: 32.1 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 17.7 mm
Digit 1: 9.4 mm
Digit 2: 7.7 mm
Digit 3: 10.9 mm
Digit 4: 8.9 mm

Full Wing - Dorsal View
Full Wing - Ventral View

PrimariesWing Feathers

P9 (40.2 mm) Compare

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P8 (83.4 mm) Compare

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Ventral view

P7 (108.7 mm) Compare

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P6 (113.8 mm) Compare

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P5 (112.5 mm) Compare

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P4 (103.5 mm) Compare

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P3 (94.8 mm) Compare

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P2 (92.9 mm) Compare

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P1 (91.1 mm) Compare

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Secondaries/TertialsWing Feathers

S1 (88 mm) Compare

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S2 (84.9 mm) Compare

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S3 (83.1 mm) Compare

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S4 (79.9 mm) Compare

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S5 (76.8 mm) Compare

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S6 (76.7 mm) Compare

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S7 (72.5 mm) Compare

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S8 (69.7 mm) Compare

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S9 (63.8 mm) Compare

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S10 (51.2 mm) Compare

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Alulas

A1 (33.1 mm) Compare

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A2 (24.4 mm) Compare

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RectricesTail Feathers

R1 (98 mm) Compare

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Ventral view

R2 (112 mm) Compare

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R3 (116 mm) Compare

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R4 (132 mm) Compare

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R5 (141 mm) Compare

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