Bronzed Drongo vs Fork-tailed Drongo

Bronzed Drongo

Dicrurus aeneus

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This drongo is somewhat smaller than the black drongo and has more metallic gloss with a spangled appearance on the head, neck and breast. The lores are velvety and the ear coverts are duller. The tail is slender and well forked with the outer tail feathers flaring outward slightly. Immatures have their axillaries tipped in white. The young bird is duller and brownish with less spangling. The nominate race is found in India and extending until the northern part of the Malay Peninsula.

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Recorded by Jalmesh Karapurkar · Call · Tulshimal (near Poriem), Goa, India · CC BY 4.0

Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

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The bird possesses a robust black beak and red eyes. When born, they lack feathers, exhibiting reddish skin, an orange beak, yellow gape flange, brown eyes, and a black beak. Juvenile fork-tailed drongos are dark brown tone with some buff-colored feather tips, a less pronounced tail fork, brown or grey eyes, and a pale mouth. While resembling adults, they lack the glossy shine on the lower body and display pale feathers on certain areas. Both sexes share a black body with a blue-green iridescence in specific regions. Voice: This bird is notably vocal, often commencing the dawn chorus and often is the last heard at dusk. Their pre-dawn calls comprise variations such as jwaaa-jwaaa and jeewy-jeeerr. They exhibit a diverse repertoire of vocalizations, ranging from sharp calls, brief whistles, and squeaks to fluid, raspy, and scratchy notes delivered rapidly or with extended pauses.

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Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Call · Kilifi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Bronzed Drongo and Fork-tailed Drongo.