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Birds

Hair-crested
Drongo

Least Concern

Unknown

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

A big, stocky, dark drongo with highly iridescent wings and shiny feathers on breast and back of the neck. Long, thin, hair-like feathers on its forehead, present only in some subspecies, may be visible at close range.

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PASSERIFORMES
DICRURIDAE
Dicrurus hottentottus

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