Updated:
November 15, 2015 05:43 IST
The shiny
black bird created a flutter among birders in the city. It was the Spangled
Drongo that is rarely sighted. “I noticed a black bird on a Peepul tree near
the Sulur Lake. I first thought it was a crow because of its beak and the
colour. But the feathers had a glossy sheen, and the tail feathers curled
upwards and the bird also looked slimmer,” says birder P.B. Balaji.
He
immediately photographed the bird and shared the image with members of
Coimbatore Nature Society (CNS) Birding Club who confirmed it as the Spangled
Drongo or a Hair-crested Drongo ( Dicrurus
hottentottus ). “It is usually found in moist deciduous forests in the
hills and foothills. This is possibly the first time the bird has been spotted
in the plains. And they have hardly been sighted in the last 20 years,” says
Mr. Balaji.
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