This drongo is recognized by its grey body and long, straight tail with no curled tips. It perches in forests and catches flying insects.
The body is nearly uniform grey, with darker feathers between the bill and eyes and on the chin. The long, slender tail has straight, uncurled tips.
Bird surveys at ten core and buffer sites in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, ran from 2007 to 2011 and recorded 224 species. Thirty-six were new reserve records at the time, including the Ashy Drongo.
The appendix lists the Ashy Drongo at six of the ten sites and assigns forest, open-scrub, disturbed, and aerial-use codes. Its abundance class is “common,” which the paper defines as 16–50 records. The checklist preserves where the bird appeared and the survey’s habitat categories. The six listed sites were Sariska, Kanakwari, Karanakawas, Kalighati, Pandupole, and Kushalgarh.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Surveys in the core and buffer zones of Sariska Tiger Reserve recorded Ashy Drongos at several sites. The checklist’s habitat codes include forest, open scrub, disturbed areas, and aerial activity, documenting a range of local settings used in the reserve.