Ashy Drongo

(Dicrurus leucophaeus)

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Description:

Medium sized bird, black to ashy grey, long tail deeply forked, outer rectrices slightly flaring outwards. Adult has dark grey underparts and slate-grey upperparts with blue-grey gloss; iris bright red. First-winter has brownish-grey underparts with indistinct pale fringes (underparts blacker and whitish fringes more distinct in Black).


Distribution:

Possible summer visitor to the south-western border areas of Diamer, Astore and Ghizer. Essentially a forest bird, mainly in mountain areas, preferring more open forest; occurs in mixed pine and oak, breeds at up to 2500m.


Behavior:

Often seen perched high on open branch at edge of forest; sallies from treetop perch to take flying insects close to ground or on tree trunks and in canopy foliage. Principally insectivorous; some small vertebrates also taken. Consumer of nectar, among the most regular visitors at blossoms.


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Range & Occurrence:

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Resident Species
Summer Breeder
Winter Visitor
Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Ashy Drongo in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )


Seasonal Occurrence of Ashy Drongo


Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)


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