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Birds
Fork-tailed drongo
Fork-tailed drongo · Dicrurus adsimilis
Fork-tailed drongos fascinate with their black plumage and forked tail, and their talent for imitation makes them true vocal artists.
Fact file
- Size
- About 25 cm long, with a pronounced forked tail
- Males and females
- Sexes not distinguishable by appearance
- Sounds
- Versatile calls; talented vocal mimic
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on insects, sometimes small vertebrates and nectar
- Offspring
- Breeding season mostly September to March; 2 to 4 eggs per clutch
How to identify Fork-tailed drongo
Fork-tailed drongos stand out with their deep black plumage, which shimmers with a metallic blue sheen in daylight. The red eyes form a striking contrast to the dark colouring. In flight the fork-tailed drongo is unmistakable: the forked tail, which looks like an outstretched fork, gives it a distinctive silhouette.
At around 25 centimetres in length, the fork-tailed drongo looks slender and agile. The strong, slightly curved bill, the glossy plumage and the always slightly puffed-up crown make it easy to distinguish from other songbirds of open savannas and woodlands.
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Where Fork-tailed drongo live
Namibia
- Kwando Core Area
- Brandberg
- Buffalo Core Area
- Bwabwata Nationalpark
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Erongo Gebirge
- Fish River Canyon
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Lüderitz
- Mahango Core Area
- Mudumu Nationalpark
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Nkasa Rupara National Park
- Okaukuejo
- Palmwag
- Rundu
- Skelettküste
- Sossusvlei
- Spitzkoppe
- Swakopmund
- Twyfelfontein
- Walvis Bay
- Waterberg Plateau
- Windhoek
South Africa
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