Square-tailed Drongo

What the Square-tailed Drongo sounds like

Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Song · Amani nature reserve ,East usambara, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Square-tailed Drongo

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Square-tailed Drongo

The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Liberia, Ghana, Guinea.

About the Square-tailed Drongo

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

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Easily confused with

Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remiferThe drongo is about 25–27.5 cm long, excluding outermost tail feathers (c. 30–40 cm to end of tail); average weight of males is between 39–49 grams while females are between 35.5–44 grams. Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatusThe adult male and female are almost entirely black, with a blue-green sheen. Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensisThe Andaman drongo is 28-29 cm long, although the larger dicruriformis subspecies is 35 cm in length.