Crow-billed drongo facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Crow-billed drongo |
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The crow-billed drongo (scientific name: Dicrurus annectens) is a type of bird. It belongs to the Dicruridae family, which includes birds called drongos. This bird lives in the warm, wet forests of Southeast Asia. You can find it from India all the way to the Philippines and Indonesia. It's a completely black bird with a tail that looks a bit like a fork. It looks quite similar to the black drongo. The crow-billed drongo is a common bird. Because of this, the IUCN (a group that checks on animals) says it is a "species of least concern". This means it is not currently in danger.
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What is a Crow-billed Drongo?
The crow-billed drongo is a medium-sized bird. It is known for its shiny black feathers. Its bill is strong and looks a bit like a crow's bill. This is how it got its name.
How the Crow-billed Drongo Got Its Name
An English scientist named Brian Houghton Hodgson first described this bird in 1836. He gave it the scientific name Bhuchanga annectans. Later, the name was changed to Dicrurus annectens. The word annectens means "connecting" in Latin. The current group name, Dicrurus, was given by a French bird expert, Louis Pierre Vieillot, in 1816.
What Does It Look Like?
This bird is entirely jet-black. It has a strong, thick bill. Its tail is forked, meaning it splits into two points. It looks very much like the black drongo.
Where Do Crow-billed Drongos Live?
You can find the crow-billed drongo in many countries. These include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Their Favorite Places to Live
These birds prefer to live in certain types of forests. They like subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. They also live in subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. These are warm, wet places with lots of trees.
How Do Crow-billed Drongos Behave?
Crow-billed drongos like to live in dense evergreen forests. They also live in moist-deciduous forests. These are forests where trees lose their leaves in some seasons.
Nesting and Raising Young
The nesting season for these birds is from April to June. Both the male and female birds work together to build the nest. They usually make a small, cup-shaped nest. It is built from grass and held together with spiderwebs. You can often find their nests in the fork of a thin tree branch. After the nest is built, the female bird sits on the eggs to keep them warm. This is called incubating the eggs.
What Do Crow-billed Drongos Eat?
The crow-billed drongo mainly eats insects. They also eat other small animals they can catch.
