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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Lesser Racket Tailed Drongo


Dicrurus remifer 25cm
Thuduppuvaal Karichaan in Tamil (துடுப்புவால் கரிச்சான்)
Tufted forehead without crest, square ended tail, and smaller size and bill than greater racket tailed; has smaller flattened rackets which are webbed on both sides of shaft (rather than longer, twisted and webbed only on one side of shaft). As in greater, tail streamers and rackets can be missing or broken in adult, and are missing in immature. Moist broadleaved forest.

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