Fork-tailed Drongo

Where to see

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Etosha National Park leads · 45 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Fork-tailed Drongo during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~80%
2 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~80%
3 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~80%
4 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~70%
5 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~70%
6 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~70%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~70%
8 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~70%
9 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~70%
10 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
11 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
12 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~60%
13 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
14 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~60%
15 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
16 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
17 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
18 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~60%
19 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~60%
20 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
21 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
22 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
23 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~60%
24 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~60%
25 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~50%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Fork-tailed Drongo?

Etosha National Park

In Etosha National Park, Namibia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Drongo sighting on a given day, the highest of the 45 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Fork-tailed Drongo?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May, August, October and December in Etosha National Park (about 90%), February–March, July, September and November in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (about 90%) and April and October in Meru National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Fork-tailed Drongo on a given day. Each park's Fork-tailed Drongo page has the full month-by-month chart.