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Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

About Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Drongos

The fork-tailed drongo, also called the common drongo or African drongo, is a small bird found from the Sahel to South Africa that lives in wooded habitats, particularly woodlands and savannas. It is part of the family Dicruridae and has four recognized subspecies, D. a adsimilis, D. a. apivorus, D. a. fugax and D. a. jubaensis. Like other drongos, the fork-tailed is mostly insectivorous; its diet mainly consists of butterflies, termites, and grasshoppers.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2001-06-03

    Victoria Falls, Zambia
    Sesheke

  • 2003-01-15

    Etosha National Park, Namibia

  • 2011-01-04

    Lake Langano - Bishangari Forest, Ethiopia

  • 2011-01-09

    Yabello, Ethiopia
    Image from 2011-01-09

  • 2013-10-25

    Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

  • 2013-11-05

    Lokichar, Kenya
    Image from 2013-11-05

  • 2013-11-07

    Lake Navaisha - South Shore, Kenya

  • 2017-01-01

    Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

  • 2017-01-02

    Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

  • 2017-01-08

    Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda

  • 2017-01-13

    Mbabara, Uganda
    Image from 2017-01-13

  • 2025-01-30

    Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
    Image from 2025-01-30
    Image from 2025-01-30

  • 2025-02-01

    Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania

  • 2025-02-02

    Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania