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Showing posts with label EASTERN FORK TAILED DRONGO (Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. fugax). Show all posts
Showing posts with label EASTERN FORK TAILED DRONGO (Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. fugax). Show all posts

Saturday, 15 January 2022

28-5-2019 SOMALISA CAMP, ZIMBABWE - EASTERN FORK TAILED DRONGO (Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. fugax)


The East African Fork-Tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis fugax) is a medium-sized passerine songbird. It is also known as the Common Drongo, the African Drongo, or the Savannah Drongo.

The East African Fork-Tailed Drongo is glossy black, with duller black wings. It has patches of brown feathers. It has a large head, and a light-grey thick, hooked beak, with nasal bristles (hairs). It has orange-brown eyes. It has short legs. The feathers on its tail curve outwards, forming a fork tail.