Ashy Drongo Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Ashy Drongo -  Dicrurus leucophaeus

3 January 2019.

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Ashy Drongo with its forked tail shining. 

Sallying through Abu's winter sky,

Master manoeuvre catching prey on the wing,

A fierce protector of its kith and kin.

Ashy Drongo is a winter and passage migrant. It's not a commonly seen species here in Abu. One may encounter a single bird or sometimes a small flock of them. They seem to get on well with our native white-bellied Drongo. Their diet is mostly insects. They feed like flycatchers, taking large insects they love bees. Like all Drongoes, these are aggressive and fearless in nature and will attack any other predator that poses a threat to their nest or fledglings.

Ashy Drongo over the years.

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