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Drongo
Spangled Drongo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Dicruridae
Genera

The drongos are a family of small passerine birds of the Old World tropics. For the Asian species sometimes referred to by the same common name see Hair-crested Drongo The Spangled Drongo ( Dicrurus bracteatus Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. SongBird is a Dutch Record label owned by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink UserPolbot. --> The Pygmy Drongo ( Chaetorhynchus papuensis) is a species of Bird in the Dicruridae The drongos are a family of small Passerine Birds of the Old World tropics Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. They are found in the family Dicruridae, which is sometimes much enlarged to include a number of largely Australasian groups, such as the Australasian fantails, monarchs and paradise flycatchers. The drongos are a family of small Passerine Birds of the Old World tropics Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific Fantails are small Insectivorous Birds of southern Asia and Australasia belonging to the Genus Rhipidura The monarch flycatchers, Monarchidae, are a family of Birds Well-known forms included here are boatbills monarch flycatchers paradise-flycatchers and the Magpie-lark

These insectivorous birds are found in usually open forests or bush. An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of Insects and similar small creatures Most are black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike. Shrikes are Passerine Birds of the family Laniidae Most shrike species occur in Eurasia and Africa, but two breed in North America They flycatch or take prey from the ground.

Two to four eggs are laid in a nest high in a tree. In most Birds and Reptiles an egg ( Latin ovum) is the Zygote, resulting from Fertilization of the Ovum. These are aggressive and fearless birds, given their small size, and drongos will attack much larger species if their nest or young are threatened.

Contents

Species of Dicruridae in taxonomic order

In Australian culture

References

Wannan, Bill (1970), Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, ISBN 0-7018-1309-1 .

External links

Dictionary

drongo

-noun

  1. Various birds of the family Dicruridae.
  2. (Australian English, New Zealand English, slang, pejoratives) fool, idiot.
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