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Fork-tailed Drongo marauding Mannikins.

Andrew Pickles

Ornithological Observations 2012 3:47-48. Published online on 2012-07-19

The Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis is known to prey on Bronze Manniken Lonchura cucullata (Dean, 2005). This paper discusses this behaviour with photographic evidence. It also notes the capturing of the 2 other species of Mannikin by the aggressor....

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