Madagascar Crested Drongo

This is a very distinctive little drongo featuring what looks almost like a gun-site puff of feathers on the forehead. In case you are wondering, the feathers don't block its eyesight, as you can see from this picture that the eyes, as is typical for non-predatory animals (i.e., prey), are on the side of the head. It is almost a universal rule in the animal kingdom that active predators have eyes on the front of their heads to provide overlapping vision with depth of field, whereas non-predators have eyes on the side of their heads to provide greater range of vision in order to spot potential predators. Now go take a look in the mirror and what do you see? Interestingly, chameleons can do both as their eyes move independently - what that actually looks like in their mind is anyone's guess.