Surniculus is a small genus of birds in the cuckoo family. Its four members are found in tropical Asia and the Philippines. They are:
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| Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Surniculus Lesson, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus lugubris[1] Horsfield, 1821
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| Species | |
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S. lugubris | |
| 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 |
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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 | |
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Surniculus velutinus | Philippine drongo-cuckoo | Philippines |
References
edit- ^ "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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