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