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 Drongo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus remifer, (Lower risk (lc))
The drongos are a subfamily of small passerine birds of the Old World tropics.
These are aggressive and fearless birds, given their small size, and drongos will attack much larger species if their nest or young are threatened.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drongo   (184 words)

  
 Tabin Orioles, Drongoes & Trogons
Drongoes are dark in colour with forked or long tails and a wide variety of vocalisations including tinkling bell-like tunes (e.g.
Harpactes duvaucelii male at left) and intricately vermiculated wing feathers, a broad square-cut tail and a short, broad bill suited for their diet of insects, fruits and other vegetable matter.
They often perch in low shrubbery and are capable of turning their head until they are looking over their shoulder.
www.borneowetnwild.com /tabinguide/birds/htm/trogons.htm   (185 words)

  
 Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and the noisy Orange-billed Babbler.
Of Sri Lanka's 26 endemic birds, the 20 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinharaja_Forest_Reserve   (260 words)

  
 ACT
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Small numbers at Gorumara and the Mahakal Trail, plus two at Bamunpokhri.
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common in the lowlands, for example several seen daily in the Gorumara, area but not recorded anywhere in the hills.
White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens At least four were seen at Gorumara on 22/11 but these were the only sightings.
www.actnowornever.org /birding_in_nb6.html   (577 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Drongo
These are Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus), Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectans), Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus holientottus), Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) and Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer).
Drongo (fingey) medium-sized songbirds, with glossy black plumage, long pointed wings, slightly hooked stout bills ornamented with long bristles about the mouth, and very long forked tail.
Drongos are aggressive arboreal birds and often drive off birds much larger than themselves.
banglapedia.org /HT/D_0283.htm   (149 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo on the National Library grounds.
He attributes the arrival of the Drongo in the city to the increase in the number of trees.
This feathered creature’s extended tail is two-pronged, with streamers at the end.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050112/asp/calcutta/story_4240486.asp   (381 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business
The study found that it was two species almost always included in the Sinharaja flocks, the Orange Billed Babbler and Greater Racket Tailed Drongo make most of the alarm calls.
Drongo a bird which plays an important part in the flock is very good at mimicry he explains.
Alarm calls of other birds are made "when Drongos are alone and out of the flock, or when they are at the periphery of a flock to bring others towards them.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/04/18/fea07.html   (1210 words)

  
 Mayor Drongo Raqueta-atado
English version: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Next: Kenite Up
Este drongo valeroso conduce generalmente a multitudes de alimentación mezcladas típicas de habitat asiáticos de la selva.
El mayor drongo Raqueta-atado tiene patas cortas y se sienta muy verticalmente mientras que perched prominente, como un shrike.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ma/Mayor%20Drongo%20Raquetaatado.htm   (319 words)

  
 Dicruridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the new insights generated by the DNA-DNA hybridisation studies of Sibley and his co-workers toward the end of the 20th century, however, it became clear that these apparently unrelated birds were all descended from a common ancestor: the same crow-like ancestor that gave rise to the drongos.
The Australasian fantails were thought to be allied with the fantails of the northern hemisphere (both groups share a similar diet and behaviour), and so on.
This page was last modified 20:11, 31 August 2005.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dicruridae   (179 words)

  
 BillNepal
Which is why it always comes as something as a shock when, just after asking "what do you mean the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo’s on the bendy branch with the leaves on it?", you find yourself confronted with a herd of cows covered in blue and red polka dots.
It was good when we eventually found five species of Drongo in the heart of jungle darkness, less good when I found at least one species of tick where the sun don't shine.
The reason we ran into a herd of brightly painted cows was because we were birding in the middle of Diwali (or Tihar or Deepawali), the second most important Nepali festival of the year.
wholewideworld.tripod.com /BillNepal.htm   (4830 words)

  
 Java and Bali 1996-97
Occurs on Java and in mainland SE Asia, but not elsewhere in the Greater Sundas.
It is probably also the most manoeuvrable and erratic flier (at Cibodas I saw them weaving in and around branches of a tree with epiphytic orchids, presumably picking off the small wasps generally associated with orchids).
Black-nest Swiftlets, in addition to the all-over darkness and square tail, appear the stockiest and most stiff-winged fliers of the group.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/JavaBali96.html   (5252 words)

  
 Endamic birds in Srilanka
ace of the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, which occurs as a dry zone race.
In some birds, the crest can be as pronounced as in the Racket-tailed Drongo.
Generally, the Ceylon Crested Drongo has a smaller and brush-like frontal crest and a deeply forked tail, without rackets.
www.jetwingeco.com /web_pages/active_holiday_pages/endemic_birds.html   (2267 words)

  
 OUTDOORS
Better communication facilities, greater mobility and manpower will provide a stability to a larger extent within the Reserve and pave way for the future conservation of biological and natural resources in PTR.
Though through effective patrolling and vigil the management in PTR has minimized the pressure of fishermen in the reservoir but still the staff needs to be equipped better to provide a strong resistance and deter the existing problem.
www.wildindiacamps.com /birdlist.html   (1258 words)

  
 Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Myanmar Burma, 1st - 19th March 2003
Red Junglefowl were seen from the roadside, Green-billed Malkoha, Racket-tailed Treepie and Greater Racket-tailed Drongo lurked in the shrubbery, Black-naped and Black-hooded Orioles and Black-headed and Black-crested Bulbuls all disported themselves in the treetops while Green, Blue-tailed and Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters chased butterflies over the lake.
Birds were still active despite the heat and we had excellent views of Greater Yellonape, Lineated Barbet, Dollarbird, Indian Roller, Scarlet Minivet and Chestnut-bellied and Velvet-fronted Nuthatches.
Our departure from the sanctuary was marked by a Greater Spotted Eagle soaring overhead and a singing but invisible Oriental Skylark.
www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=284   (2632 words)

  
 Drongos (Dicruridae): Birds
Common Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) - Text and Image.
Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus) - Images and Sound.
Balicassiao or Philippine Drongo (Dicrurus balicassius) - Image.
www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/en/zool_voegel_drongo.html   (83 words)

  
 India trip
We screeched to a halt in the forest above Kaladunghi for the beautiful Red-billed Blue Magpies and a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, before ascending into the clouds and stopping briefly for some Kalij Pheasants.
Other highlights were Brown Crake, Greater Flamingo and of course the Skimmers, as well as a Steppe Eagle catching a fish in the shallows.
Nainital was under several inches of snow when we arrived, so we went straight to the Mahu Maharani Hotel and put on the fan heater in the room.
www.maths.tcd.ie /~simoncox/india2.html   (1406 words)

  
 Indonesia - Asia Pacific Postcards from the Field :: Expedition to Borneo [Day 3/4]
We also heard the melodic call of a greater racket-tailed drongo.
We never saw the bird, but a book Noerdjito carried with him showed the bird — it is a deep midnight blue with a small crest of black feathers protruding from the top of his beak and a long, forked tail that hangs twice the length of the bird’s body.
We later floated past a group of proboscis monkeys perched in a tree immediately next to another tree filled with macaques whose long tails dangled below them as they pulled their breakfast of leaves from the high branches.
nature.org /wherewework/asiapacific/indonesia/features/art14498.html   (637 words)

  
 birdingmalay-e
Crested Serpent Eagle, Emerald Dove, malkohas, barbets, Whiskered Treeswift, woodpeckers, Scarlet Minivet, flycatcher-shrikes, Blue-winged Leafbird, bulbuls, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, babblers, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, sunbirds and spiderhunters.
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher, barbets, woodpeckers, broadbills, leafbirds, bulbuls, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Asian Fairy-bluebird, babblers, Chestnut-naped Forktail, Grey-headed Flycatcher, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Tiger Shrike (October - April), Purple-naped Sunbird and Hill Myna.
Fire-tufted Barbet, Golden-throated Barbet, Mountain Bulbul, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Golden Babbler, Chestnut-capped Laughing-thrush, Long-tailed Sibia, Silver-eared Mesia, Blue-winged Minla, Mountain Fulvetta, Mountain Leaf Warbler, Yellow-breasted Warbler, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Large Niltava, Hill Blue Flycatcher, White-throated Fantail and Black-throated Sunbird.
bluebonnet.at.infoseek.co.jp /birdingmalay-e.htm   (1530 words)

  
 Sharavathi99.html
A Greater Racket-tailed Drongo joined them for a few moments, flicking at the water’s surface.
At the waters edge, a Paradise Flycatcher and a White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, both females, were repeatedly picking off insects from the water’s surface, and returning to the same perch.
At one patch, with dense forest, I came across a large flock of birds, feeding as part of a hunting pack, at different levels of the forest canopy.
www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Sharavathi99.html   (1882 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Wildlife Tour
Among the birds are the superb Sri Lanka Magpie and Malabar Trogon, Plum-headed Parakeet, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Golden-fronted Leafbird, the endangered White-faced Starling, Greater Flameback and Yellow-naped Woodpecker.
The rock has Shaheen, the local dark race of Peregrine, and the surrounding scrub jungle has several bird specialities, including Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Drongo Cuckoo and Banded Bay Cuckoo.
Rising 200m in a sheer rock face from the surrounding jungle, this has to be one of the most spectacular historical sites in Asia, and the views from the top are breathtaking.
www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2002/srilanka.html   (1276 words)

  
 Nature Images : Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
This Greater Racket-tailed Drongo was sighted at the Gap road early in the morning.
Various species of drongos are common in Fraser Hill.
members.fortunecity.com /mnsperak/archives/2000-01/0108/Drongo-01.html   (31 words)

  
 Les oiseaux Dicruridés
Drongo à rames, Dicrurus remifer, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
Drongo balicassio, Dicrurus balicassius, Balicassiao or Philippine Drongo
Drongo à gros bec, Dicrurus annectans, Crow-billed Drongo
www.oiseaux.net /liste/dicruridae.html   (264 words)

  
 Malaysia
The prize of the trip was a Greater Painted Snipe, a species at the top of my wish list.
A number of Asian Paradise Flycatchers flitted through the branches, their long tails flowing behind, and one of them was the rare white morph, a beautiful sight.
As we watched Purple Swamphens feeding in a marshy area, a Barred Buttonquail scuttled along the brush at the shoreline and a female Baya Weaver fed on grass stalks.
www.ontfin.com /Trips/Malaysia/Malaysia.htm   (868 words)

  
 Indian Birds, Birders and Birding: A beautiful collection of Birds of India
GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO * Dicrurus paradiseus * 32 cms.
www.indiabirds.com /default_new.asp?Bird_SortID=650   (82 words)

  
 Birdwatching Trip Report from Singapore
However, we had picked up Greater racket-tailed drongo, Asian fairy-bluebird, Hill and Javan myna and stunning views of sparring White-bellied sea eagles and Brahminy kites.
It started to rain as we set off across the golf course and by the time it finished four hours later I was a little damp.
www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/singapore/singa1/singapore.htm   (770 words)

  
 Index of Species in the family Drongos (Dicruridae)
Index of Species in the family Drongos (Dicruridae)
www.bird-stamps.org /cspecies/180.htm   (8 words)

  
 Thailand bird photographs: bird watching - birds gallery, Thailand
Greater Racket-tailed Drongos can easily be seen swooping down on insects in the late afternoon at Tarutao Marine Park headquarters.
Their long tail feathers make this strange bird a nice addition to anyone's life list.
They are either white with a sort of bluish-black head or rufous with a bluish-black head.
thailandbirding.com /birds3.htm   (390 words)

  
 Lazydays in Goa vacation rentals and holidays villas and apartments in Goa, India.
Goldenfronted Chloropsis, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and Coppersmith Barbet, are just three of the wonderful variety of birds that are waiting to enthral budding and experienced birdwatchers in Goa.
Within an area no bigger than Cornwall there are over 400 different species found in varied habitats ranging from estuaries, beaches, mangrove swamps, saltmarshes, open grassland, lakes and woodland.
www.lazydays.co.uk /birdwatching.asp   (343 words)

  
 Thailand South to North
Birds of the day were Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and White-gorgetted Flycatcher for Ha and me respectively.
Both Blue-throated Barbet and Greater Yellownape were nice, and we had yet another Hoopoe.
Other birds on the way to the falls were Scarlet Minivet, Sooty-headed Bulbul, White-bellied Yuhina, Rufous-fronted Babbler, both Stripe-throated and Grey Capped Woodpeckers, Bronzed Drongo, and numerous Silver-eared Mesias taking a bath in a small stream.
www.freewebs.com /hannostamm/thailand_south_to_north2.htm   (2453 words)

  
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