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Grande Comore Drongo - BirdForum Opus

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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

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