Listen to the Fork-tailed drongo
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About the Fork-tailed drongo
The Fork-tailed drongo is a bird in the family Dicruridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 43 g.
What does the Fork-tailed drongo sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), also called the common drongo or African drongo, is a small bird found from the Sahel to South Africa that lives in wooded habitats, particularly woodlands and savannas. It is part of the family Dicruridae and has four recognized subspecies, D. a adsimilis, D. a. apivorus, D. a. fugax and D. a. jubaensis. Like other drongos, the fork-tailed is mostly insectivorous; its diet mainly consists of butterflies, termites, and grasshoppers.
Physically, this species is characterized with a narrow fork-shaped tail, red-brownish eyes, and black plumage throughout all of its body. These birds nest close to wetlands, forests, and farms and the breeding season varies depending the region. The female usually lays one to four eggs, which hatch in 15 to 18 days.
Related birds in the genus Dicrurus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Fork-tailed drongo sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Fork-tailed drongo on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Fork-tailed drongo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Fork-tailed drongo as “least concern”.
What family does the Fork-tailed drongo belong to?
The Fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) belongs to the family Dicruridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Dicrurus adsimilis apivorus, roep te Dinokeng, 2022-04-02 07h03, a by JMK – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q742259 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Fork-tailed drongo – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa – CC BY 2.0