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Sulawesi Drongo or not? (1 Viewer)

njlarsen

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This is an image from the gallery which is also used as the image for the opus page. However, it shows a white eye which should indicate that it is subspecies leucops of Hair-crested Drongo (or as indicated in the field guide belongs to the species White-eyed Sprangled Drongo Dicrurus leucops).
However, I have never traveled in those areas so would appreciate some feedback before contacting the photographer.

thanks
Niels
 
This is an image from the gallery which is also used as the image for the opus page. However, it shows a white eye which should indicate that it is subspecies leucops of Hair-crested Drongo (or as indicated in the field guide belongs to the species White-eyed Sprangled Drongo Dicrurus leucops).
However, I have never traveled in those areas so would appreciate some feedback before contacting the photographer.

thanks
Niels
yes. I have some less than stellar images of Sulawesi (spangled) drongo, D. montanus (in field guide speak) I can add.

Edit: I realise my post could be misinterpreted. Yes you're right this is not Sulawesi drongo but whatever the white-eyed species is called this week.
 
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I have removed this image from the opus page. No other images of this species in our gallery.
Niels
 
Hi New to Florida.... thanks so much for offering. I guess, if you read Niels' first post, it must be a subspecies of Hair-crested Drongo, as there has been a big split.

Could you tell us where and when you took the photograph.

Apart from the Sulawesi Drongo, the only one we appear to have no images of is the Ribbon-tailed Drongo. Though I don't think we have many images of any of these drongos.
 
23rd January 2023 in Tangkoko. I've been in Singapore for the last 11 years, so I have quite a few pictures of Asian birds, but not so many different drongo species. Bornean, Ashy, White-Bellied, Crow-Billed, Black, Lesser & Greater Racket-Tailed of interest? There are many island endemic species, but I didn't visit these places.
 

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