Bronzed Drongo

The bronzed drongo is a small Indomalayan drongo, 24cm long, somewhat smaller than the black drongo and with more metallic gloss and a spangled appearance on the head, neck and breast. The lores are velvety, the tail slender and well forked, and young birds are duller and brownish with less spangling. It is resident in the forests of the Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia (Wikipedia, general species account).

Birds are found singly or in groups of two or three, actively foraging for insects under the forest canopy in aerial sallies and returning to favourite perches. Three or four pinkish to brownish eggs are laid in a cup nest in a tree, and the birds are aggressive and fearless, attacking much larger species near their nest (Wikipedia, general species account).