Greater Racket-tailed Drongo catching praying mantis

Posted by BESG on 20 September 08, Saturday
Contributed by Myron Tay

“Just sharing a picture of a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradisus) with his breakfast - a praying mantis. It was captured after a spectacular mid-air battle between the predator and prey.”

Like other drongos, this bird is basically an insectivore - a sallying, substrate-gleaning insectivore.

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