Genus of birds
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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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
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Surniculus musschenbroeki |
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo |
Sulawesi, Buton, Obira, Bacan and Halmahera islands in Indonesia
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Surniculus velutinus |
Philippine drongo-cuckoo |
Philippines
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References
- ^ "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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