Black Drongo, 2/21/2012

Having been searching for birds for hours around the big gutter area, I strolled toward a crop sustaining shelf area and found two Black Drongos resting on the shelf, about two plus meters away from me, very close. Grasping this opportunity, I moved as close as I can get in expecting that they might fly away. To my surprise, they didn't do that. Instead, they just stood there, posing many kind of postures, and let me take as many pictures as I want.

The shiny black Black Drongo is one of the Taiwan unique subspecies. It is very common in Taiwan and can be found in cities, countryside, parks, farm fields, woods and orchards.


photographed on 2/21/2012



photographed on 2/21/2012



photographed on 2/28/2011



photographed on 2/28/2011



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Chinese name:	大卷尾
English name:	Black Drongo
Nickname:
Scientific name:	Dicrurus macrocercus
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dicruridae
Species status:	Taiwan Endemic subspecies
Conservation status:	Least Concern
Migration status:	Taiwan local bird
Frequency of appearance:	Common in Taiwan
Foods:	insects
Habitat:	Parks, cities, woods, farm fields, orchards
Altitude:	Low to Mid-altitude
Behavior:	Appear alone
Characteristics:	General Characteristics: The whole body is shiny black.
Breeding places:	Iran, Afghanistan, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Mainland China.
Migration destinations:
Time photographed:	2/28/2011, 2/21/2012
Location found:	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, and Beitou District, Taipei City
Sources:	Internet
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