Crow drongo

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Crow drongo
Crow drongo

Crow drongo

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Corvoidea
Family : Dicruridae
Genre : Drongos ( Dicrurus )
Type : Crow drongo
Scientific name
Dicrurus annectens
( Hodgson , 1836)

The crow drongo ( Dicrurus annectens , syn. Dircurus annectans (misspellings)) is a species of bird from the family of drongos .

It occurs in Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , China , India , Indonesia , Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical humid lowland and mangrove forests up to 600 m in height.

description

The crow drongo is 27 to 32 cm tall and weighs between 44 and 68 g. It is glossy, ink-black, resembles the king drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus), but the strongly spread, flat tail is less forked, the beak more powerful, overall a massive looking drongo. Fledglings have white spots on the chest and underside.

voice

The call of the male is described as loud, melodic whistling and humming, also as a falling series of harp-like tones.

The species is monotypical .

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects including ants and termites . Hunting is done from the hides and the prey is taken on the ground.

The breeding season is between April and June, the small, flat nest is built by both sexes in about 5 days, typically at the end of a horizontal branch 5–12 m above the ground, mostly in the dense evergreen deciduous forest. The female lays 3–4 pale cream-colored, red or purple-brown striped eggs and incubates alone.

The crow drongo is a migratory bird that overwinters in eastern Bangladesh and northeast India as well as in Myanmar.

Hazardous situation

The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EC Dickinson and L. Christidis (Eds.): The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. , 4th ed. 2014, vol. 2, Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK
  2. ↑ Orioles, drongos, fantails
  3. ↑ Krähendrongo , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
  4. ^ A b c S. Ali: The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford university Press, 13th ed. 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-566523-9
  5. ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
  6. ^ R. Grimmett, T. Inskipp: Birds of Northern India. Helm Field Guides, 2017, ISBN 978-0-7136-5167-6
  7. ↑ Redlist

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