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Where to see the Fork-tailed Drongo in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Fork-tailed Drongo at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park.

Dicrurus adsimilis

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Fork-tailed Drongo
Photo: (c) Charles J Sharp , some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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When and where to find the Fork-tailed Drongo

Hosts have recorded the Fork-tailed Drongo at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Cederberg Wilderness Area · Goukamma · Gamkaberg

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Northern Cape

    Northern Cape

    Kgalagadi

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Northern Cape
    Northern Cape
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Cederberg Wilderness AreaGoukammaKrugerGamkabergKgalagadi

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

KwandweSabi Sand

Species

Dicrurus adsimilis

Records

6,159

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Fork-tailed Drongo on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Fork-tailed Drongo in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Fork-tailed Drongo at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Where can you see the Fork-tailed Drongo in South Africa?

The Fork-tailed Drongo is most recorded in Western Cape (35% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (21% of records), Eastern Cape (14% of records), based on 6,159 iNaturalist observations. 91 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Fork-tailed Drongo on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Fork-tailed Drongo?

The Fork-tailed Drongo is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Fork-tailed Drongo?

The fork-tailed drongo, also called the common drongo, African drongo, or savanna drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), is a species of drongo in the family Dicruridae, which are medium-sized passerine birds of the Old World. It is native to the tropics, subtropics and temperate zones of the Afrotropics.

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Where to stay for a chance to see the Fork-tailed Drongo

Every stay on the Fork-tailed Drongo page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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