Crow-billed Drongo

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When to see the Crow-billed Drongo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Crow-billed Drongo

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Crow-billed Drongo

The crow-billed drongo is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is native to moist tropical forests of southeastern Asia where its range extends from India to the Philippines and Indonesia. It is a completely black bird with a shallowly forked tail and is similar in appearance to the black drongo. It breeds between April and June, the cup-shaped nest being built in the fork of a branch by both birds, the female afterwards incubating the eggs. It is a common bird and the IUCN has listed it as "least concern".

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Easily confused with

BalicassiaoDicrurus balicassiusThe balicassiao is a species of passerine bird in the family Dicruridae. Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestusThe velvet-mantled drongo is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. Sri Lanka DrongoDicrurus lophorinusThe Sri Lanka drongo has black plumage with a metallic blue or greenish-blue sheen.

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