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White-bellied Drongo

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White-bellied Drongo

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Also known as Dicrurus caerulescens

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

White-bellied Drongo

species

Observations2,020

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The white-bellied drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens) is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent. Like other members of the family Dicruridae, they are insectivorous and mainly black in colour, but with a white belly and vent. Young birds are, however, all black and may be confused with the black drongo, which is smaller and more compact in appearance. The subspecies found in Sri Lanka has white restricted to the vent.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-bellied Drongo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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