Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Fork-tailed Drongo, Mole, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image

Mole, Ghana
June 2011

The Fork-tailed Drongo is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara in a wide variety of wooded habitats except dense forest. It feeds mainly on large insects including moths and butterflies and is frequently seen, as here, perched upright and conspicuously.

Fork-tailed Drongo, Mole, Ghana, June 2011 - click for larger image It has a variety of songs and calls including imitation. Most involve rasping, twanging metallic notes.

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