Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentotus
Nepali Name: केशराज चिबे Keshraj Chibe

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 2 February, 2014. Photo: aB.

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 2 February, 2014. Photo: aB.

Raniban Forest (Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1350m. 2 February, 2014. Photo: aB.

Notes:
1. Its scientific name reminds me of a tongue twister:
If a Hottentot tutor taught a Hottentot tot
to talk ‘ere the tot could totter,
Ought the Hottentot be taught to say aught?
Or, what ought to be taught her?
If to hoot and toot a Hottentot tot
Be taught by a Hottentot tutor,
Should the tutor get hot if the Hottentot tot
Hoots and toots at the Hottentot tutor?
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/funnyspring/page3.html
2. The bird was aggressively guarding the silk-cotton tree it was feeding on, letting only other hair-crested drongos to share it. Parakeets and Mynahs were mercilessly chased away.