Surniculus
Sign in to saveSurniculus is a small genus of birds in the cuckoo family. Its four members are found in tropical Asia and the Philippines. They are: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Surniculus lugubris || Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo || Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh |- |120px || Surniculus dicruroides || Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo || peninsular India in hill forests although some specimens are known from the Himalayan foothills |- | || Surniculus musschenbroeki || Moluccan dr
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCuculiformes
- FamilyCuculidae
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Surniculus is a small genus of birds in the cuckoo family. Its four members are found in tropical Asia and the Philippines. They are: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Surniculus lugubris || Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo || Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh |- |120px || 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 |- |120px || Surniculus velutinus || Philippine drongo-cuckoo || Philippines |- |}
==References== Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India