White-bellied drongo, पहाड़ी कोतवाल

White-bellied drongo
(Dicrurus caerulescens)
पहाड़ी कोतवाल 
South Chowk Range
Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary
Mahrajganj
Uttar Pradesh
December 19
Nikon Gears
Full screen view recommend for details

This is a species of drongo found across the Indian Subcontinent. Like other members of the family Dicruridae they are insectivorous and is mainly black in colour but with a white belly and vent. Young birds are, however, all black and can be confused with the black drongo, although smaller and more compact in appearance, and the subspecies found in Sri Lanka has white restricted to the vent.

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