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racket-tailed drongo

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Also known as: Dicrurus paradiseus

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…tail of the Southeast Asian racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) bears 30-cm (12-inch) “wires”—outer feathers that are unbranched for most of their length and carry rather large vanes at the ends.
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