The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo has glossy black plumage, a backward-curving crest and long ornamental tail wires. It is a resident of forests and wooded areas in Singapore.
It is glossy black, with a backward-curving crest on the forehead. Its thin tail wires end in twisted, paddle-shaped rackets.
The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo is listed in India as a resident forest specialist. The 2025 factsheet estimates its range at 574,317 square kilometres (95% confidence interval 573,963–574,671).
The India-wide long-term trend estimate is an 18.65% decrease (95% interval −37.56% to +5.83%), and the latest annual estimate is a 0.45% increase (−1.41% to +2.32%). The woodland series estimates a 17.35% long-term decrease (−31.98% to +2.66%) and a 0.27% annual increase (−1.25% to +1.79%). In Madhya Pradesh, the estimated range is 67,797 square kilometres (95% confidence interval 67,664–67,930).
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The 2025 India factsheet estimates a 574,317 km² distribution range for the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and identifies forest as its habitat specialization.