do Drongo-de-cauda-forcada, o primeiro de muitos que vimos no Kruger.Esta ave tambem nao esta ameacada, com populacoes estaveis. O aspecto mais interessante de sua biologia e que ele e um cleptoparasita, roubando comida de outras aves e ate mesmo mamiferos, como suricatos. Quando visitarmos Kgalagadi no proximo ano, espero que possamos ver drongos pousados sobre suricatos forrageando, tentando roubar sua comida. Eles mimetizam chamados de alarme dos suricatos para criar confusao e entao roubam a comida. Isso seria algo muito bom de ver. No Kruger, infelizmente, nao vimos qualquer evento de roubo dos drongos, evidentemente nao de suricatos, que nao sao encontrados ali, mas de outras aves.LeavingShitlhave Dam, we followed Napi Road again until reaching the short Napi loop (S11). It was a rich partof the road for birding. In this small part of the road, we saw: 1 Rufous-napedLark (Mirafra Africana), 1Red-Collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens),1 European Roller (Coracias garrulus), 1 Cuckoo Finch (Anomalospiza imberbis),1 Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti),and 1 Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurusadsimilis).One nicething is to see Shitlhave Dam surrounding by the savannah from Napi Road.Hereis a picture of the Rufous-naped Lark calling for other larks around. Not agood picture, but an interesting behavior. I cannot resist. This is a nicebird, thankfully not threatened (Least concern in the IUCN Red List, but withdeclining population).Europeanrollers were so common during the whole trip that by the end we were notphotographing them anymore. We had many inside jokes during the trip. One ofthem was raised every time I asked to stop for one more picture of EuropeanRollers (after hundreds of them) and Carol and Peuwould shout at me, Not again!But theyare nice birds, arent they? If I come back to Kruger in winter, when theyrenot there, I will certainly miss them. European rollers have their non breedingdistribution in sub-Saharan Africa, while it breeds in several other places,such as Morocco, Spain, Poland, Siberia and India. Although it is still common,it is classified as Near threatened in the IUCN Red List, with decreasingpopulations. Thus, we should be happy we saw so many of them in Kruger. This bird hasa scattered distribution, showing preference to savannah biomes, mainlybroad-leaved and Acacia woodland. What is he doing in that branch? Probablyhunting. It feeds mainly on flying insects (termite alates, beetles, locusts),waiting for them perched and pouncing on them when they get close.Thepicture below is the only one we got from the Cuckoo Finch we saw in Napi Road.From our discussions on this sighting in the Sanparks forum, Ive got theimpression that it is a somewhat rare sighting. Anyway, it issuch a nice bird that I dare put here this not so good (but single) picture.Thisbird is classified as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List, with stablepopulations. Thus, not really threatened, what is great! It shows diversifiedhabits, it can be resident, nomadic or migratory, it can move in flock of 8-50birds, sometimes over 1000 birds, looking for areas where rain recently fell.This was a lone bird to the extent that we could see. This bird mainly feeds on grass,rarely insects. Finally, the most outstanding thing about cuckoo finches isthat it