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Dicrurus ludwigii saturnus |
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Dicrurus ludwigi ludwigi |
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Drongo de Ludwig |
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Square-tailed Drongo |
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| Mutengu (Kibemba) ; Kitengu (Kiluba); Ntempa mabondo (Tshiluba); Kitengwe (Kitabwa) | |
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Distinguished from its cousin the Fork-tailed drongo by its less deeply forked tail, its rounder and smaller head and its red rather than brownish eye. |
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Prefers denser forests and avoids open areas. Less common in Katanga than its cousin D. adsimilis. |
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Insectivorous. |
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Nidification takes place around September. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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