Surniculus

Surniculus
Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	SurniculusLesson, 1830
Type species
Cuculus lugubris[1] Horsfield, 1821
Species
S. lugubrisS. dicruroidesS. velutinusS. 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 IndiaISBN 0-691-04910-6