ML200915481 IBC 1203437
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A frontal view of a perched bird, eventually flying away. Possibly the undescribed (possible) species "Usambara Drongo". See the following text: http://www.africanbirdclub.org/phorum/read.php?32,1277 There, it says that the observer has never seen Fork-tailed Drongo in the Eastern and Western Usambaras, but only "Usambara Drongo, despite years of experience. Although he remarks that he finds it odd that he never saw Fork-tailed, because the slope in the Western Usambaras is gentle. This observation was made around 2000 m. An immature bird, so the eyes and the forked tail drop out to distinguish the two I think. I did see a white flash on the underwing, so that points in the direction of Fork-tailed Drongo, not Usambara Drongo. I did see multiple birds that fitted the description of Usambara Drongo, but I failed to film them, also because I was with a large group of students. I contacted the writer of teh article. This was his response to my e-mail: "I had a look at your video, but it is difficult to assess that individual being immature. My thoughts are, based on what I could see that the bird shows a dull eye, but has a reasonable notch in the tail although I cannot see any obvious flaring. However I cannot rule out an Usambara for this bird. There seems to be a mis-understanding regarding the underwing, both show silvery underside to the flight feathers, but from the upperside African Drongo also has pale almost translucent primaries that contrast with the rest of the wing, whilst Usambara and Velvet-mantled show all dark primaries and thus no flash at all from above, when they fly.". Elevation: 1243 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
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