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| + | '''Alternative name: Grand Comoro Drongo.''' | ||
;[[:Category:Dicrurus|Dicrurus]] fuscipennis | ;[[:Category:Dicrurus|Dicrurus]] fuscipennis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 24 cm. Black, blue glossed body, brown primaries and tail, long forked tail, black hooked bill and legs. Juvenile - matt black-brown. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Comoros]] endemic | [[Comoros]] endemic | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Pastures, plantations and moist lowland forests, edges and clearings. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes large flying insects. | ||
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| + | Its cup-shaped nests is built in trees. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Wikipedia; BirdLife International; ARKive | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dicrurus+fuscipennis}} | {{GSearch|Dicrurus+fuscipennis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Dicrurus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Dicrurus]] | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 5 March 2009
Alternative name: Grand Comoro Drongo.
- Dicrurus fuscipennis
Identification
24 cm. Black, blue glossed body, brown primaries and tail, long forked tail, black hooked bill and legs. Juvenile - matt black-brown.
Distribution
Comoros endemic
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Pastures, plantations and moist lowland forests, edges and clearings.
Behaviour
The diet includes large flying insects.
Its cup-shaped nests is built in trees.
References
Wikipedia; BirdLife International; ARKive
