Least Concern – widely distributed with a stable population.

25–30 cm – a slender drongo with a long, slightly forked tail and sharp, agile flight.

Resident in South India and Sri Lanka; migratory populations arrive from the Himalayas and Northeast India.

Migrants winter in Central India, Southern India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia.

April to July, depending on region; coincides with peak insect activity.

Nest in forests, wooded hills, and well-vegetated valleys; build cup-shaped nests on high tree branches.

Found in evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, forest edges, plantations, and well-wooded urban areas.

Primarily insects—beetles, butterflies, moths, termites; also takes small berries and occasionally small lizards.