Greater Racket-tailed Drongo DSC_9767
This is the first bird I saw while in Singapore at the Botanic Gardens. We saw over 20 species of birds while there. As many were hidden in vegetation, the ISOs were often very high. No Sherpa to help carry my gear so I think I did pretty well carrying around two camera bodies and my big birding lens and monopod in the oppressive humidity. Birding was perfect though as we just took our time.
This beauty is so named because of its ‘rackets’, a pair of elongated tail feathers that have bare central shafts except at the ends, where the feather barbs form a twisted pendant that dangles down.
It also makes a loud racket and can mimic the call of other bird. The rackets often get damaged or can be lost during moulting, as I think may be the case here so I will post another one with the rackets in tact.
Definition of Drongo- A stupid or incompetent person. Not sure if this is an Australian slang or used elsewhere?
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo DSC_9767
This is the first bird I saw while in Singapore at the Botanic Gardens. We saw over 20 species of birds while there. As many were hidden in vegetation, the ISOs were often very high. No Sherpa to help carry my gear so I think I did pretty well carrying around two camera bodies and my big birding lens and monopod in the oppressive humidity. Birding was perfect though as we just took our time.
This beauty is so named because of its ‘rackets’, a pair of elongated tail feathers that have bare central shafts except at the ends, where the feather barbs form a twisted pendant that dangles down.
It also makes a loud racket and can mimic the call of other bird. The rackets often get damaged or can be lost during moulting, as I think may be the case here so I will post another one with the rackets in tact.
Definition of Drongo- A stupid or incompetent person. Not sure if this is an Australian slang or used elsewhere?