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Bird name: Fork Tailed Drongo
Latin: Dicrurus adsimilis
Other: Drongo brillant (Fr)
Family: Dicruridae • Drongos
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
Similar: Square-tailed Drongo

I saw Fork-tailed Drongos on several occasions on my visit to Gambia. These pictures were taken of a pair in Kartong, near the road. The long forked tail is characteristic. Not too shy.

Fork-tailed Drongo, Kartong, Gambia, March 2013


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