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Greater Racket Tailed Drongo

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 11 Nov 24

This bird is unique. It is a loner and has the ability to chirp in several different ways Onece it surprised us all by chirping like a cat. Preiti our pet ran out hoping to chase a cat. It also whistles like a parrot and so...

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Drongo - an exclusively Aussie word?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382008) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jan 19

Recently I wrote about the ‘spitting image’’ – a very strange phrase if ever there was one. Another unusual word is ‘drongo’. It seems there was a racehorse in the 1920s named Drongo that didn’t win a race in 27 starts and the...

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Your Views on Birds. This is 'Greater Rattle-Tailed Drongo', Close.

mivarg @mivarg (277) • India 17 May 07

As per the requests from my valuable friends here, I am putting a good picture of the 'funny bird' whose name I have mentioned many times in mylot and is repeated in the title here. This is a bird that loves a lot of attention,...

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Funny Bird

mivarg @mivarg (277) • India 16 May 07

This is a funny bird I came across in my garden. There are two pairs of them. They can sing in many tones and tunes. They are the greatest mimics I have ever seen. They imitate the sounds of all other birds and even squirrels and...

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