The western square-tailed drongo is a species of drongo found in western Africa, where it is distributed from Senegal to the portion of Nigeria west of the Niger River. Its preferred habitat is secondary forest and gallery forest. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Fuchs, J; Douno, M; Bowie, RCK; Fjeldså, J 2018
Reference:
Zootaxa
4438(1) 105–127
Protonym:
Dicrurus occidentalis
Avibase ID:
C8555A05C7A8EBA3
Avibase ID:
avibase-C8555A05
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C8555A05
Taxonomic Serial Number:
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) |
Clements, version 2021: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [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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Other synonyms
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