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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. vol.2, no.2, pt.1 p.144

Protonym:
  Edolius ludwigii

Type locality:
  Port Natal (Durban).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54196#page/162/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E83D45A633F66806

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E83D45A6

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559769

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)
eBird version 2024:
Sharpe's/Square-tailed Drongo ( Dicrurus sharpei/ludwigii)
eBird version 2025:
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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Other synonyms

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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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