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Western Square-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus occidentalis Fuchs, J; Douno, M; Bowie, RCK; Fjeldså, J 2018

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

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

Original description

Citation:
  Fuchs, J; Douno, M; Bowie, RCK; Fjeldså, J 2018

Reference:
   Zootaxa 4438(1) 105-127

Protonym:
  Dicrurus occidentalis

Type locality:
  Sérédou, Poste 5 (Geo-referenced a posteriori: latitude: 8.383, longitude: -9.300), Macenta Prefecture, Nzérékoré Region, Guinea. by Raymond Pujol and Jean Roché on 18 December 1959

Link:
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325879693

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C8555A05C7A8EBA3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C8555A05

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C8555A05

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Western Square-tailed Drongo
German:
Nigerdrongo
Spanish:
Drongo de Ludwig Occidental
Spanish (Spain):
Drongo de Ludwig occidental
French:
Drongo occidental
Dutch:
Westelijke Rechtstaartdrongo
Norwegian:
guineadrongo
Polish:
dziwogon galeriowy
Portuguese:
drongo-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal):
drongo-ocidental
Russian:
Западный дронго
Slovak:
drongo západný
Serbian:
Zapadni ravnorepi drongo
Swedish:
västafrikansk drongo
Turkish:
Küçük drongo
Ukrainian:
дронго лісовий
Chinese:
西方尾卷尾

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Western Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus occidentalis)
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)
Avilist 2025:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Dicrurus sharpei 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 2023:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Dicrurus sharpei 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]
eBird version 2023:
Sharpe's Drongo (Western) ( Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Sharpe's Drongo (Western) ( Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Sharpe's Drongo (Western) ( Dicrurus sharpei 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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Dicrurus sharpei 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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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Африканско дронго (ssp. occidentalis)
Catalan: drongo de Sharpe (occidentalis)
Czech: drongo malý (ssp. occidentalis)
Danish: Centralafrikansk Drongo (Nigerdrongo)
German: Nigerdrongo, Sharpedrongo (Nigerdrongo)
English: Sharpe's Drongo (Western), Western Square-tailed Drongo
[ENAV]: Sharpe's Drongo (Western)
English, HBW: Square-tailed Drongo (Western)
English (IOC): Sharpe's Drongo (Western), Western Square-tailed Drongo
English (United States): Sharpe's Drongo (Western), Western Square-tailed Drongo
Spanish: Drongo de Ludwig Occidental, Drongo de Sharpe (occidentalis)
Spanish (Spain): Drongo de Ludwig occidental, Drongo de Sharpe (occidentalis)
French: Drongo de Sharpe (occidentalis), Drongo occidental
French (Guyane): Drongo occidental
Scientific: Dicrurus occidentalis, Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis
Dutch: (Westelijke) kleine drongo, Westelijke Rechtstaartdrongo
Norwegian: guineadrongo, smådrongo (occidentalis)
Polish: dziwogon galeriowy, dziwogon galeriowy (D.s. occidentalis)
Portuguese: drongo-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal): drongo-ocidental
Russian: Западный дронго
Slovak: drongo malý (západný), drongo západný
Serbian: Zapadni ravnorepi drongo
Swedish: smådrongo (västafrikansk drongo), västafrikansk drongo
Turkish: Küçük drongo, Sharpe Drongosu (occidentalis)
Ukrainian: дронго лісовий
Chinese: 西方尾卷尾

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