MALAYSIAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

                The apparently odd relationship Drongos  Drongos and especially Racket-tailed Drongos have been called, thugs, thieves and tricksters or are they just vocally gifted and very intelligent. Fork-tailed Drongo Greater Racket-tailed Drongo The  drongos  are a family,  Dicruridae , of birds of the Old World tropics. The 29 species in the family are placed in a single  genus  Dicrurus .  Drongos are mostly black or dark grey, short-legged birds, with an upright stance when perched. They have forked tails and some have elaborate tail decorations. They feed on insects which they catch in flight or on the ground. Some species are accomplished mimics and have a variety of alarm calls, to which other birds and animals often respond. There is evidence that they utter hoax alarm calls that typically scare other animals off food, which the drongo then eats. This phenomena is a matter of interest to researchers. When breeding two to four eggs  are laid in a nest high in a tree. Despit

Black Giant Squirrel ( Ratufa bicolor ) A Google search will show the Black Giant Squirrel is the biggest squirrel species on our planet. It may not be the prettiest as it has to contend with the Indian Giant Squirrel (or Malabar Giant Squirrel).. Ratufa Indica ...that comes in multi-colours. Indian Giant Squirrel ( Ratufa indica )     DISTRIBUTION The Black Giant squirrel or Malayan Giant squirrel ( Ratufa bicolor ) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from Northern Bangladesh. northeast India, Thailand, Malaysia, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands. DESCRIPTION The Black Giant squirrel is one of the largest species of squirrel in the world. On average, an adult Black Giant squirrel weighs round 1-05-1-25 kg (2.3-2.8 lb), has a head plus body length of 34-37cm (13-15in) and the tail is 41-42 cm (16-17in) long. The sp