Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyDicruridae (Drongos)
- GenusDicrurus (Drongos)
- SpeciesDicrurus adsimilis (Fork-tailed Drongo)
The fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), also called the common drongo or African drongo, is a small bird found from the Sahel to South Africa that lives in wooded habitats, particularly woodlands and savannas. It is part of the family Dicruridae and has four recognized subspecies, D. a adsimilis, D. a. apivorus, D. a. fugax and D. a. jubaensis. Like other drongos, the fork-tailed is mostly insectivorous; its diet mainly consists of butterflies, termites, and grasshoppers. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Drongo sighting in Nyungwe National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Nyungwe National Park
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Dicrurus modestus
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Green White-eye
Zosterops stuhlmanni
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Regal Sunbird
Cinnyris regius
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
Black-faced Apalis
Apalis personata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Fork-tailed Drongo in Nyungwe National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Drongo sighting in Nyungwe National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Fork-tailed Drongo in Nyungwe National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Fork-tailed Drongo in Nyungwe National Park in our monthly data.