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Passeriformes / Dicruridae / Dicrurus

Sharpe's Drongo

Dicrurus sharpei

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shadro2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Dicrurus

Subspecies (2)

Dicrurus sharpei occidentalis

Senegal to Nigeria (west of the Niger River)
Dicrurus sharpei 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

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shadro2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.