Fork drongo
| Fork drongo | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fork drongo |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Dicrurus forficatus | ||||||||||||
| ( Linnaeus , 1766) |
The Forked Drongo or Madagascar Rongo ( Dicrurus forficatus ) is a bird in the Drongos family .
features
The fork drongo is completely black with a forked tail that gives it its name and a tuft at the base of its beak. The male in the nominate form is about 26–31 cm, the female 18–25 cm tall. The young animal has whitish fringes on the belly and wings.
behavior
The fork drongo imitates the calls of the lizard hawk , the tulukuckoo , the Madagascar flight bird , the rust-bellied Newtonia and the Shepherd's Maina , also lemurs and others. It feeds on invertebrates , namely spiders and insects , such as beetles, as well as fruits, and is often found in mixed flocks. The breeding season is between September and December, in the dry southeast between October and February.
distribution and habitat
The fork drongo is a nominate form in Madagascar and a D. f. Potior the Comoros endemic . It is widespread in all forest areas up to 1875 m, but mostly found below 1500 m.
The following subspecies are distinguished:
- D. f. potior ( Bangs & TE Penard , 1922) on the Comoros and significantly larger, males around 28–32 cm
- D. f. forficatus ( Linnaeus , 1766) in Madagascar
Hazardous situation
The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4
- ↑ a b c Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ Dicrurus forficatus in the IUCN 2016-3 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
