Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

Description

This species has a medium-sized body (29 cm). Black color with a small beak. The characteristics of the tail is very long and forked. Juvenile birds: have whitish stripes on the lower body. Red iris, black beak and legs.

Population Size

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Life Span

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WEIGHT​

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LENGTH

29 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Dicruridae

GENUS

:

Dicrurus

SPECIES

:

Dicrurus macrocercus

Distribution

Its habitat is on the coast, lowlands, open places, spread to an altitude of 1600 m above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Iran, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java and Bali).

Habits and Lifestyle

Often perches on small trees, poles, or cables.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

On the coast, lowlands, open places

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Including insectivores, with their main diet dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other small insects.

Diet : Insectivorous

Mating Habits

Breed April-December. The nest is cup-shaped, in branching branches near the ground. Eggs are white with brown spots, the number of 2 grains.

Reproduction session : April-December

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

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DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Srigunting hitam dalam Wikipedia artikel