Table 1.

The species imitated by drongos. Only those types of mimicry recorded from at least three different drongos are listed.

modelled species		recordings	birdsa
predators (total of two species)
A	crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela	25	8
nest predators (total of two species)
B	Sri Lanka blue magpie Urocissa ornate	58	9
alarm calls (total of four species)
C	orange-billed babbler Turdoides rufescens ‘cuk’	16	6
mobbing calls (total of four species)
D	ashy-headed laughing-thrush Garrulax cinereifrons ‘high-pitched emphasis’	11	5
E	orange-billed babbler ‘stacatto chatter’	7	4
song/contact calls (total of 20 call types of 15 species)
F	orange-billed babbler ‘babble’	65	10
G	ashy-headed laughing-thrush ‘ting’	32	9
H	yellow-browed bulbul Iole indica	31	9
I	common iora Aegithina tiphia	22	6
J	white-faced starling Sturnus albofrontatus	15	8
K	tickle's blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae	10	4
L	ashy-headed laughing-thrush ‘song’	7	4
M	ashy-headed laughing-thrush ‘laugh’	7	4
N	indian scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii	5	3

^aThe most conservative estimate of the number of drongos represented by the recordings.