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Dicrurus remifer

Photo by cskhaw
Location: Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

[edit] Identification

Outer tail feather shafts and racquets 50cm or more. Difference from Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo by crestless forehead and square-cut tail ending in elongated tail feather shafts with long cigar-shaped racquets. Plumage glossy black with mettalic bluish gloss.
Size-27cm.
Repertoire of meladious whistles. Also harsh churrs typical of the family.

[edit] Distribution

Himalayas and southern China through southeast Asia to Sumatra and Java.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Montane

[edit] Behaviour

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