Surniculus

Surniculus
Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus:
Lesson, 1830
Type species
Cuculus lugubris[1]
Horsfield, 1821
Species

S. lugubris
S. dicruroides
S. velutinus
S. musschenbroeki

Surniculus is a small genus of birds in the cuckoo family. Its four members are found in tropical Asia and the Philippines. They are:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Surniculus lugubris Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh
Surniculus dicruroides Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo peninsular India in hill forests although some specimens are known from the Himalayan foothills
Surniculus musschenbroeki Moluccan drongo-cuckoo Sulawesi, Buton, Obira, Bacan and Halmahera islands in Indonesia
Surniculus velutinus Philippine drongo-cuckoo Philippines

References

  1. ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  • Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India ISBN 0-691-04910-6


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