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Sharpe's Drongo

Dicrurus sharpei Oustalet, J-FÉ 1879

Sharpe's drongo is a species of drongo found in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is distributed from southern South Sudan and western Kenya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Nigeria east of the Niger River and south of the Benue River. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Dicruridae
Genus:
   Dicrurus
Scientific:
  Dicrurus sharpei

Original description

Citation:
  Oustalet, J-FÉ 1879

Reference:
   Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Bull. Paris ser.2, vol.2, fasc.1 p.97

Protonym:
  Dicrurus sharpei

Type locality:
  Upper Ogowe River, Gabon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113476#page/109/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1EA13EB3250F414F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1EA13EB3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1EA13EB3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 924409

English:
Sharpe's Drongo
Danish:
Ligehalet Drongo
German:
Sharpedrongo
Spanish:
Drongo de Sharpe
Spanish (Spain):
Drongo de Sharpe
French:
Drongo de Sharpe
Dutch:
Sharpes Drongo
Norwegian:
smådrongo
Polish:
dziwogon nadrzeczny
Portuguese:
drongo-violáceo
Portuguese (Portugal):
drongo-de-sharpe
Russian:
Центральноафриканский дронго
Slovak:
drongo malý
Serbian:
Šarpov ravnorepi drongo
Swedish:
sharpedrongo
Turkish:
Sharpe drongosu
Ukrainian:
дронго прирічний
Chinese:
夏氏卷尾

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's) ( Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei)
Avilist 2025:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei
Clements, version 2021:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern) ( Dicrurus sharpei sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern) ( Dicrurus sharpei sharpei) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern) ( Dicrurus sharpei sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Sharpe's Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Dicrurus sharpei sharpei [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dicrurus [sharpei or occidentalis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other related concepts

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Африканско дронго (ssp. sharpei)
Catalan: drongo de Sharpe (sharpei)
Czech: drongo malý (ssp. sharpei)
Danish: Centralafrikansk Drongo (Østlig), Ligehalet Drongo
German: Sharpedrongo, Sharpedrongo (sharpei)
English: Sharpe's Drongo, Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern), Sharpe's Drongo (Sharpe's), Sharpe's Square-tailed Drongo, Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's)
[ENAV]: Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern)
English, HBW: Square-tailed Drongo (Sharpe's)
English (IOC): Sharpe's Drongo, Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern)
English (United States): Sharpe's Drongo, Sharpe's Drongo (Eastern)
Spanish: Drongo de Sharpe, Drongo de Sharpe (sharpei)
Spanish (Spain): Drongo de Sharpe, Drongo de Sharpe (sharpei)
French: Drongo de Ludwig (de Sharpe), Drongo de Ludwig (sharpei), Drongo de Sharpe, Drongo de Sharpe (sharpei)
French (Guyane): Drongo de Sharpe
Scientific: Dicrurus elgonensis, Dicrurus ludwigii sharpei, Dicrurus sharpei, Dicrurus sharpei sharpei
Dutch: (Oostelijke) kleine drongo, Sharpes Drongo
Norwegian: smådrongo, smådrongo (sharpei)
Polish: dziwogon nadrzeczny, dziwogon nadrzeczny (sharpei)
Portuguese: drongo-violáceo
[PTAO]: Drongo-de-Sharpe
Portuguese (Portugal): drongo-de-sharpe
Russian: Центральноафриканский дронго
Slovak: drongo malý, drongo malý (malý)
Serbian: Šarpov ravnorepi drongo
Swedish: sharpedrongo, smådrongo (sharpei)
Turkish: Sharpe drongosu, Sharpe Drongosu (sharpei)
Ukrainian: дронго прирічний
Chinese: 夏氏卷尾

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