In the month December 2017 my family went to Sabah to visit my sis-inlaw in Ranau about 30 km after Kinabalu Park passing Kundasang. In one of outing to Mahau Waterfall near Tambunan we saw many pairs of Ashy Drongo perch on the electrical lines along the road.
This is a subspecie (Leugenis) Ashy Drongo of Borneo ad south Peninsula. I would consider it a lifer which have distinct features namely paler color and white eyed patch in comparison to the coastal swamp land of Selangor or Perak (Mouboti)
They are found active in the morning in the open sailing for flying insects. There were many pairs along the road to Mahau Forest Reserve. Later passing back thru the same road in the late morning they were not sighted anymore. Perhaps they have move to the shadier of the jungle fringes to avoid the heat or the insects have gone hibernating.
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