Dicrurus aeneus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus) is a small Indomalayan bird belonging to the drongo group. They are resident in the forests of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They capture insects flying in the shade of the forest canopy by making aerial sallies from their perches. They are very similar to the other drongos of the region but are somewhat smaller and compact with differences in the fork depth and the patterns of gloss on their feathers.
This drongo is somewhat smaller than the black drongo and has more metallic gloss with a spangled appearance on the head, neck and breast. The lores are velvety and the ear coverts are duller. The tail is slender and well forked with the outer tail feathers flaring outward slightly. Immatures have their axillaries tipped in white. The young bird is duller and brownish with less spangling.
The nominate race is found in India and extending until the northern part of the Malay Peninsula. Specimens from southern India are however very similar in morphometrics to those from malayensis of Burma and the size variation may be clinal. The subspecies from China kwangsiensis is treated as synonymous with aeneus. Subspecies malayensis... Wikipedia →
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bronzed Drongo sighting in Thrissur on a given day, based on 1,135 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bronzed Drongo in Thrissur on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Thrissur's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 440 mm in June.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronzed Drongo sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Bronzed Drongo sightings, Thrissur has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Tamluk (India, about 30%) and Kozhikode (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Dicrurus
The closest relatives of the Bronzed Drongo that you can see in Thrissur (genus Dicrurus, Drongos) are Black Drongo (about 70%), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (about 50%) and Ashy Drongo (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronzed Drongo is recorded against all the birds logged in Thrissur (1,135 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
