Common name: Black Drongo
Tamil Name: ரெட்டைவால் குருவி
Scientific name:
Photo shot at: Before Cauvery men’s hostel
Photo credit: B. S. Karthikeyan and Manoj kumar.K
The Black
Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of
the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical
southern Asia from south-west Iran through India and Sri
Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures
28 cm (11 in) in length. Feeding on insects, it is common in open
agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching
conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is
known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows.
Previously considered a subspecies (Dicrurus adsimilis macrocercus)
of the African Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), it is now recognized as a full species.
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