Sri Lanka Drongo

Dicrurus lophorinus

Large, upright, blackish bird with a long, deeply-forked tail and tuft of feathers on the forehead. Typically found in pairs, often in mixed flocks, within the understory of humid forests in the lowlands and foothills of Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone. Lacks rackets, unlike similar Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. Tuft of feathers above the bill is absent in similar Ashy and Black Drongos. Tail shape an important feature: deeply-forked with curled up tips to the outer tail feathers unlike other drongos. Very vocal, with varied repertoire, including a repetitive “whichitu-whichitu-whichitu”, and metallic “kerplee”, as well as complex whistles, bell-like calls, and scratchy notes.

分类信息

学名
Dicrurus lophorinus
命名信息
Vieillot, 1817
Passeriformes
Dicruridae
Dicrurus

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

种群趋势
unknown

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