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Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo

Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis] (= Dicrurus ludwigii) (Smith, A 1834)

The common square-tailed drongo, formerly the square-tailed drongo, is a passerine bird in the family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in parts of southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Smith, A 1834)

Reference:
   S. Afr. Quart. J. ser. 2, 2, pt. 2 p.144

Protonym:
  Edolius ludwigii

Type locality:
  Port Natal (Durban).

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968260

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E83D45A633F66806

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E83D45A6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E83D45A6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559769

Geographic range:

  • Dicrurus ludwigii ludwigii: Eswatini and southern Mozambique to Eastern Cape Province
  • Dicrurus ludwigii tephrogaster: southern Malawi to Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe
  • Dicrurus ludwigii muenzneri: southern Somalia to eastern Kenya and southern Tanzania
  • Dicrurus ludwigii saturnus: Angola, Zambia, and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)
  • Dicrurus sharpei: central Africa, from Nigeria (east of the Niger River, south of the Benue River) eastward to Uganda, South Sudan, and western Kenya, and southward to northwestern Angola and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dicrurus occidentalis: Senegal to Nigeria (west of the Niger River)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo
German:
Niger-/Sharpe-/Geradschwanzdrongo
Spanish:
Drongo de Ludwig Occidental/De Sharpe/De Ludwig Común
Spanish (Spain):
Drongo de Ludwig occidental/de Sharpe/de Ludwig común
French:
Drongo de Ludwig, D. de Sharpe ou D. occidental
Icelandic:
Ógreindur drungi (D. occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii)
Japanese:
カクビオウチュウ上種
Dutch:
Rechtstaartdrongo
Norwegian:
tverrhaledrongo
Polish:
dziwogon galeriowy/nadrzeczny/prostosterny
Russian:
Западный/Центральноафриканский дронго
Slovak:
drongo západný/malý/tupochvostý
Serbian:
neidentifikovani ravnorepi drongo
Swedish:
västafrikansk/sharpe-/tvärstjärtad drongo

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo ( Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo ( Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo ( Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo ( Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo ( Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Drongo de Ludwig ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Drongo de Ludwig ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
square-tailed drongo sp. ( Dircurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii)
eBird version 2021:
square-tailed drongo sp. ( Dicrurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii)
eBird version 2022:
square-tailed drongo sp. ( Dicrurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii)
eBird version 2023:
Sharpe's/Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei/ludwigii)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Dicrurus ludwigii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Dicrurus ludwigii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Dicrurus ludwigii [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus ludwigii) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dicrurus ludwigii [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dicrurus ludwigii [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Kleinbyvanger
Catalan: drongo de Ludwig
Czech: drongo lesní, Drongo rovnoocasý
Danish: Rethalet Drongo
German: Geradschwanzdrongo, Niger-/Sharpe-/Geradschwanzdrongo
English: Black drongo, Sharpe's Drongo, Sharpe's/Square-tailed Drongo, Square tailed Drongo, Squaretailed Drongo, Square-tailed Drongo, square-tailed drongo sp., Square-tailed, Sharpe's or Western Drongo
English, HBW: Square-tailed Drongo
English (IOC): Square-tailed Drongo
English (Kenya): Square-tailed Drongo
English (United States): square-tailed drongo sp.
Spanish: Drongo de Cola Cuadrada, Drongo de Ludwig, Drongo de Ludwig Occidental/De Sharpe/De Ludwig Común
Spanish (Spain): Drongo de Ludwig, Drongo de Ludwig occidental/de Sharpe/de Ludwig común
Spanish (HBW): Square-tailed Drongo
Estonian: kantsaba-drongo
Finnish: Pikkudrongo
French: Drongo à queue d'aronde, Drongo de Ludwig, Drongo de Ludwig, D. de Sharpe ou D. occidental
Hungarian: erdei drongó
Icelandic: Ógreindur drungi (D. occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii), Þverdrungi
Italian: Drongo codaquadra, Drongo codasquadrata
Japanese (romaji): kakubiouchuu
Japanese: カクビオウチュウ, カクビオウチュウ上種
Scientific: Dicrurus [ludwigii, sharpei or occidentalis], Dicrurus ludwigii, Dicrurus ludwigii ludwigii, Dicrurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii, Dicrurus sharpei, Dicrurus sharpei sharpei, Dicrurus sharpei/ludwigii, Dircurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii, Edolius ludwigii
Lithuanian: Tiesiauodegis drongas
Dutch: Rechtstaartdrongo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tverrhaledrongo
Norwegian: Tverrhaledrongo
Polish: dziwogon galeriowy/nadrzeczny/prostosterny, dziwogon prostosterny
Portuguese: Drongo-de-cauda-quadrada
Portuguese (Portugal): drongo-ocidental/de-sharpe/de-cauda-quadrada
Russian: Западный/Центральноафриканский дронго, Прямохвостый дронго
Slovak: drongo tupochvostý, drongo západný/malý/tupochvostý
Serbian: neidentifikovani ravnorepi drongo
Swedish: Tvärstjärtad drongo, västafrikansk/sharpe-/tvärstjärtad drongo
Swahili: Mlamba, Mramba Sawiya
Turkish: Dircurus occidentalis/sharpei/ludwigii
Ukrainian: Дронго прямохвостий
Xhosa: Intengwana
Chinese: 方尾卷尾
Chinese (Traditional): 方尾卷尾
Zulu: iNtengwana

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