drongos
- plural of drongo.
Example Sentences
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The 39-year-old started the project in 2018 as a joke, turning Russian princesses into "sheilas" and princes into "drongos", but is now on the cusp of signing a book deal.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Everywhere we walked people greeted us, while overhead Eclectus parrots, sulfur-crested cockatoos, and spangled drongos were calling.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2011
During her morning strolls around the edges of the plantation, Katy, armed with her “Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent,” spotted greater racket-tailed drongos, white-cheeked barbets and Malabar parakeets, among other species.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2010
Which just shows there's probably no limit to the number of poor suffering drongos who'll sit back and have the Box come the raw prawn on them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the many characteristic birds may be mentioned Pycnonotidae or bulbuls, of which the Phyllornithinae are peculiar, Campephagidae or cuckoo shrikes, Dicruridae or drongos, Nectariniidae or sunbirds; pheasants, together with Pavo and Gallus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
