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ForestCup nestSmall · 38 g
What the Ashy Drongo sounds like
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The adult ashy drongo is mainly dark grey, and the tail is long and deeply forked, There are a number of subspecies varying in the shade of the grey plumage. Some subspecies have white markings on the head. Young birds are dull brownish grey. Subspecies longicaudatus of India (which includes beavani of the Himalayas that winters on the peninsula, with one breeding population in central India that Vaurie separates as longicaudatus in the restricted sense) is very dark and almost like the black drongo although this bird is slimmer and has a somewhat longer and less-splayed tail.
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When to see the Ashy Drongo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ashy Drongo
The map shades 25 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ashy Drongo
The ashy drongo is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across eastern and Southeast Asia, with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of white patches around the eye.
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Easily confused with
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseusIn most of its range in Asia, this is the largest of the drongo species and is readily identifiable by the distinctive tail rackets and the crest of curled feather that begin in front of the face above the beak and along the crown to varying extents according to the subspecies.
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisThe bird possesses a robust black beak and red eyes.
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneusThis drongo is somewhat smaller than the black drongo and has more metallic gloss with a spangled appearance on the head, neck and breast.
Side by side: Ashy Drongo vs Black Drongo · Ashy Drongo vs Fork-tailed Drongo · Ashy Drongo vs Greater Racket-tailed Drongo · Ashy Drongo vs Bronzed Drongo
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