ASHY DRONGO

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  838)                 ASHY DRONGO              Dicrurus leucophaeus 

CAMBODIA                 

Predominantly in mangroves, and open ground with fairly close trees that provide sites for foraging insects; migrants tend to occur more in parkland and gardens. 28 cm. Resident from Afghanistan eastwards through S China and Southeast Asia to Palawan, Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok; migrant to Southeast Asia, including Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.

The Hainan/White-cheeked/White-lored (Dicrurus leucophaeus leucogenis) is a subspecies of the Ashy Drongo.

ASHY DRONGO

Photographed in Langkawi, April 2017

(*   838)                 ASHY DRONGO              Dicrurus leucophaeus 

MALAYSIA                  31

Predominantly in mangroves, and open ground with fairly close trees that provide sites for foraging insects; migrants tend to occur more in parkland and gardens. 28 cm. Resident from Afghanistan eastwards through S China and Southeast Asia to Palawan, Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok; migrant to Southeast Asia, including Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.

ASHY DRONGO

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(838)              ASHY DRONGO               Dicrurus leucophaeus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (52)        

Found in a variety of wooded habitats, but mainly resident in montane forests between 600 and 2,400 m.; Outside breeding season roams widely and can be found locally down to sea level. 29 cm. Range: Oriental region: a fairly common mainly montane resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali and Lombok.