Square-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus ludwigii (A.Smith, 1834) — also called CSTD, Common Square-tailed Drongo. Occurrence records of the Square-tailed Drongo are shared on GBIF from around 50 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (2 238 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern

50reserves with records

10 156records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2 238
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 082
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	866
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	793
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	505
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	457
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	406
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	366
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	317
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	257
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	252
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	250
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	210
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	205
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	197
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	179
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	167
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	137
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	133
Barberton Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	127
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	97
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	88
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	71
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	68
Dumaneni ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	64
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	59
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	52
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	47
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	43
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	37
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	36
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	35
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	34
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	33
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	32
Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	30
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	28
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	27
Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	22
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	21
River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	18
Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	13
Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Harold Johnson Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	11
Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Mkhambathi Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	7
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	6
Crestholme Conservancy and Equestrian CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	6
Lake Eland Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Chimp EdenGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 44 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve
Limpopo: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Scientific name: Dicrurus ludwigii
GBIF taxon: 2493983
Wikidata: Q427204

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.