drongo
noun
dron·go
ˈdräŋ-(ˌ)gō 
plural drongos
: any of a family (Dicruridae) of insectivorous passerine birds native to Africa, Asia, and Australia that usually have glossy black plumage and long forked tails
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As the termites flew around the light, the drongo kept catching them for close to 20 minutes, until all vanished and the drongo disappeared.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
But the rare thing was one black drongo bird among them.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
The duped birds do eventually catch on, but the drongo has come up with a way to keep fooling them – and keep the free meals coming – by mixing up their mimicry.
—April Reese, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
But Aussies might want to reconsider their choice of words: According to a new study, the drongo may well be one of the brightest bulbs in the avian world.
—April Reese, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
By analysing the different drongo calls, Flower showed that the fake ones are indistinguishable from their genuine counterparts.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2010
Sahas Barve, an evolutionary ecologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, has been taken in by a drongo mimicking an eagle; Sakata once mistook a mockingbird’s screech for a bona fide car alarm.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2022
Forest specialists such as the Indian pitta, white-bellied drongo and common woodshrike were only seen in the riparian forests of Mangar Bani.
—Neha Jain, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2021
Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
But the rare thing was one black drongo bird among them.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
The duped birds do eventually catch on, but the drongo has come up with a way to keep fooling them – and keep the free meals coming – by mixing up their mimicry.
—April Reese, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
But Aussies might want to reconsider their choice of words: According to a new study, the drongo may well be one of the brightest bulbs in the avian world.
—April Reese, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2014
By analysing the different drongo calls, Flower showed that the fake ones are indistinguishable from their genuine counterparts.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2010
Sahas Barve, an evolutionary ecologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, has been taken in by a drongo mimicking an eagle; Sakata once mistook a mockingbird’s screech for a bona fide car alarm.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2022
Forest specialists such as the Indian pitta, white-bellied drongo and common woodshrike were only seen in the riparian forests of Mangar Bani.
—Neha Jain, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2021
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