Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyDicruridae (Drongos)
- GenusDicrurus (Drongos)
- SpeciesDicrurus adsimilis (Fork-tailed Drongo)
Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Common Square-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus ludwigii
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Southern Fiscal
Lanius collaris
Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
White-browed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia leucophrys
Southern Boubou
Laniarius ferrugineus
Lesser Striped-Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Fork-tailed Drongo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
About 71% of visitor-days record a Fork-tailed Drongo sighting in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, based on 190 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Fork-tailed Drongo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Fork-tailed Drongo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in our monthly data.