Ashy Drongo vs Asian house shrew

Dicrurus leucophaeus compared with Suncus murinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Drongo	Asian house shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Dicruridae	Soricidae
Genus	Dicrurus	Suncus
Species	Dicrurus leucophaeus	Suncus murinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Drongo and Asian house shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Ashy Drongo

LC — Least Concern

Asian house shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Drongo	Asian house shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Drongo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Asian house shrew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Russia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Ashy Drongo

Ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species in the genus Dicrurus. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Asian house shrew

The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a species in the genus Suncus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found. Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Russia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).