Stats

Lifespan

8-12 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Pair

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

South and Southeast Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Aggression

Status

Uncommon

About

The Ashy Drongo is a slate-grey songbird found across South and Southeast Asia, easily recognized by its deeply forked tail and bright red eyes. It is a skilled aerial hunter, often seen sallying out from a perch to snatch flying insects mid-air.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Dicruridae

Genus

Dicrurus

Species

Dicrurus leucophaeus