Common Name: Sri Lanka Drango
Scientific Name: Dicrurus lophorinus
Animal Family: Dicruridae
Description: 31-34 cm, excluding tail; two adults 70 g. On the head, forehead and trontal tuft are deep velvety black. The frontal tuft resemble a short, bushy, stiff crest. The longest feathers curve over the forehead. The Black bi9ll is hooked. We can see fairly long rictal bristles on each sides of the bill base. The eyes are brown to reddish-brown. Legs and feet are black. Male and female are similar The juvenile has a duller plumage overall. The belly is greyer and shows whitish scaling. Axillaries and underwing-coverts show large white tips. the crest is small.
Population: The population size of this species has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the population size criterion.
Found where: Distribution. The species can be found throughout Wet zone of South Western parts of Sri Lanka, from Deduru Oya to Walawe.
Habitat: It's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests.
Foods: They feed mainly on insects such as grasshoppers, moths, beetles, and dragonflies.
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