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Racket tailed drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

Photo by Piali Bopanna
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The tail with twirled rackets is distinctive and in flight it can appear as if two large bees were chasing a black bird.

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PublishedOctober 30, 2011

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