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Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

Photo by surekha
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Description:

Black Drongo is an all-black bird.The head resembles a mini crow from a distance. Adult has glossy blue-black or green-black plumage, with semi-translucent primaries visible in flight. Tail is long and deeply forked, and curves out at the end of outer tail feathers. Bill is black. Eyes are reddish. Legs and feet are dark grey. Both sexes are similar. One of the most common birds of southern Asia is the 33-cm (13-inch), also called king crow because it can intimidate the true crow.It has a tiny white rictal spot at the base of its beak and is visible is some of the pictures here.

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Beautiful black bird! It's the three Bs! ;)

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