Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

Family: Drongos · Status: Common resident · Size: 33–35.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Widespread across the Oriental region.

Identification

Large drongo with two twisted pendant-like tail extensions, glossy feathers, and a backward-curving tuft on the forehead. Differs from Crow-billed Drongo by the tail extensions; where extensions are missing, told apart by the forehead tuft and more linear tail fork. Told from Black Drongo by different habitat associations; also glossier, with tail distinctly less forked.

Habitat

Forest, secondary forest.

Behaviour

Often found in mixed flocks. Reported to exhibit food kleptoparasitism.