Ashy Drongo is an Indian Bird that bears a scientific name "Dicrurus leucophaeus" widely distributed in the Asian parts and the Indian states like West Bengal, Sunderbans National Parks, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

Distribution of Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo is a species of bird in the drongo family called Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye.

Structure of Ashy Drongo
The adult ashy Drongo is mainly dark grey, and the tail is long and deeply forked. There are a number of subspecies varying in the shade of the grey plumage. Some subspecies have white markings on the head. Young birds are dull brownish grey.

Population of Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo has the subspecies longicaudatus of India, which includes beavani of the Himalayas that winters on the peninsula, with one breeding population in central India that Vaurie separates as longicaudatus in the restricted sense, which is very dark and almost like the black drongo although this bird is slimmer and has a somewhat longer and less-splayed tail. It is found in more tall forest habitat, has dark grey underside lacking the sheen of black drongo. The iris is crimson and there is no white rictal spot. The subspecies leucogenis and salangensis have a white eye-patch as do several of the island forms that breed further south.

Calls of Ashy Drongo
The calls of Ashy Drongo are a little more nasal and twangy than that of the Black Drongo.

Breeding Season of Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo breeds in the hills of tropical southern Asia from eastern Afghanistan east to southern China and Indonesia. The nominate form of Ashy Drongo is said to be found on Simalur, Java, Bali, Lombok, Palawan and Balabac Islands.

Forage of Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo has short legs and sits very upright while perched prominently, often high on a tree. It is insectivorous and forages by making aerial sallies but sometimes gleans from tree trunks. They are found singly, in pairs or small groups. During migration they fly in small flocks.

Breeding Season of Ashy Drongo
The breeding season of Ashy Drongo is from May to June with a clutch of three or four reddish or brown eggs that lay in a loose cup nest in a tree.