Location
Etosha National Park
Namibia
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 480 mm
Exposure 1/800 s, f/10, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Passeriformes Family Dicruridae
Deutsch Trauerdrongo Dutch Fluweeldrongo
Italian Drongo codaforcuta Spanish Drongo ahorquillado
Comments
Forked-tailed Drongos mimic the alarm calls of a variety of other species (including Southern Pied Babblers and Cape Starlings) to scare and steal food from them. In Drongos, vocal mimicry appears to have the function of deceiving other species, a behavior whose adaptive benefits had rarely been demonstrated.
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| 13/08/2011 |
Fork-tailed Drongo |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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