Zimbabwe crow-like bird (1 Viewer)

[akjackson1]

I'm having some trouble with this bird that looks like a crow, but doesn't seem to fit the description of a Cape Crow, which seems to be the only completely black crow in Zimbabwe. Thoughts?

 

[andyb39]

It looks like one of the two Drongo species found there, either Fork-tailed or Square-tailed. The tail fork looks shallow in the second image but the tail looks to be in moult in the first image, which may be misleading. There's also a hint of a brown patch at the base of the primaries in the first image - Fork-tailed has browner primaries which show in flight.

 

[SJC]

Looks like an Onychognathus Starling (Red-winged Starlings), don't have a book to look up which ones occur there

 

[Byronix]

Agree with Red-winged Starling, the tail and head shape aren't right for a drongo.