Square-tailed drongo are common, noisy residents in forests around St Lucia.
Their rasping, haphazard calls often signal bird parties which they are usually members of.
They are excellent mimics and use their mimicry in intelligent ways to trick other birds/creatures. In St Lucia they often mimic the call of African goshawk to chase off other birds and secure a food source for themselves.
They are feisty and heroic, often chasing and harassing much larger raptors.
They voraciously defend their cup-shaped nests against predators such as monkeys- dove-bombing them continuously until they abandon their efforts.
Square-tailed drongo are very busy, perching momentarily (often on hanging vines) before flying off to hawk insects or chase other birds)
Their rasping, haphazard calls often signal bird parties which they are usually members of.
They are excellent mimics and use their mimicry in intelligent ways to trick other birds/creatures. In St Lucia they often mimic the call of African goshawk to chase off other birds and secure a food source for themselves.
They are feisty and heroic, often chasing and harassing much larger raptors.
They voraciously defend their cup-shaped nests against predators such as monkeys- dove-bombing them continuously until they abandon their efforts.
Square-tailed drongo are very busy, perching momentarily (often on hanging vines) before flying off to hawk insects or chase other birds)