Surniculus
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| image = Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides).jpg
| image_caption = Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides)
| taxon = Surniculus
| authority = Lesson, 1830
| type_species = Cuculus lugubris{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=70 |title= Cuculidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}
| type_species_authority = Horsfield, 1821
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
S. lugubris
S. dicruroides
S. velutinus
S. 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:
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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
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- Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India {{ISBN|0-691-04910-6}}
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Category:Birds of Southeast Asia
Category:Taxa named by René Lesson
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