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Dicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo. Previously grouped along with the African fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations., 1796-1808.

Dicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo. Previously grouped along with the African fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations., 1796-1808.
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Caption: Dicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia. It is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm (11 in) in length. It feeds on insects, and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines. The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory. This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo. Previously grouped along with the African fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations., 1796-1808
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Image size: 3394 × 4628 px | 44.9 MB
Print size: 28.7 × 39.2 cm | 1336.2 × 1822.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 11 • 1796-1808 • AFRICAN FORK-TAILED DRONGO • AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS • ASIAN FORMS • BARE PERCH • BARRAGE • BEHAVIOUR EARNS • BLACK BIRD • BLACK DRONGO • COMMON RESIDENT BREEDER • COMMON • CROWS • DAM • DICRURUS ADSIMILIS • DICRURUS MACROCERCUS • DISTINCTIVE FORKED TAIL • DIVE-BOMB ANY BIRD • DRONGO FAMILY DICRURIDAE • FEEDS • GENERAL • INDIA • INDONESIA • INDONESIAN FOLK ART • INDONESIAN • INFORMAL NAME • INSECTS • INVADES • KING CROW • LARGER BIRDS • LENGTH • LIGHT FOREST • MEASURES 28 CM • NEST • NESTING BLACK DRONGO • NEVER HESITATING • NOW TREATED • OPEN AGRICULTURAL AREAS • PERCHING CONSPICUOUSLY • POWER • PREVIOUSLY GROUPED • PREY • PRINT • RANGE • SEPARATE SPECIES • SEVERAL DISTINCT POPULATIONS • SMALL ASIAN PASSERINE BIRD • SMALLER BIRDS • SOUTHERN CHINA • SOUTHWEST IRAN • SPECIES • SRI LANKA EAST • TELEPHONE LINES • TERRITORY • TROPICAL SOUTHERN ASIA • WELL-GUARDED VICINITY