Search :   Dicrurus adsimilis apivorus  Linguistics Actual scientific name :   Dicrurus adsimilis apivorus        Old scientific name :   Dicrurus adsimilis adsimilis        French name :   Drongo brillant       English name :   Fork-tailed Drongo       Vernacular name :   Mutengu (Kibemba) ; Kitengu (Kiluba); Ntempa mabondo (Tshiluba); Kitengwe (Kitabwa)     Zoology Call :         Description :   Entirely black bird that has the size of a starling. Tail is deeply forked which distinguishes it from the Square-tailed drongo.         Habitat :   Mainly found in the miombo. Very common in Katanga.         Behaviour :   Perched on an isolated post from which it soars hunting for insects who fly pass. During the dry season, this bird appears as soon as a fire starts in the bush. Often chase other birds who enters the area where it is active.        Diet :   Insectivorous.         Life history :   Nests in the beginning of the rainy season.         Distribution in Katanga :         History, Ethnology, Sociology Interactions with humans :           Taboos :           Legends, believes, folklore :           Fishing, hunting :           Feeding :           Breeding, taming :           Uses of skin or other body parts :        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. +  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Passeriformes > Dicruridae (drongos) Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL