Common Square-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus ludwigii
Forest & dense river fringes. Tail has shallow fork only. Wine-red eyes. Noisy.
Drongos
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common, localised resident. Has splayed outer tail-feathers like [Fork-tailed Drongo] but with only a shallow indentation; also has ruby-red eyes. Calls are a loud ‘cherit! cherit!’ or ‘cherit-wit-wit’, plus other strident sounds and imitations of other bird calls. Occurs singly or in pairs in eastern evergreen forests, riparian forest and dense woodland, where it frequents the mid stratum, hawking from a perch. Active, noisy and aggressive.
Quick Facts
Size
19 cm - S
Names
#REF!
Bird Family
Black insectivorous birds with prominent rictal bristles. They hawk insects from a perch in woodland and bushveld and are pugnacious, habitually mobbing larger birds, even pecking the heads of eagles.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly or in pairs in eastern evergreen forests, riparian 'forest' and dense woodland, where it frequents the mid stratum, hawking from a perch.
