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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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
120pxSurniculus lugubrisSquare-tailed drongo-cuckooSri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh
120pxSurniculus dicruroidesFork-tailed drongo-cuckoopeninsular India in hill forests although some specimens are known from the Himalayan foothills
Surniculus musschenbroekiMoluccan drongo-cuckooSulawesi, Buton, Obira, Bacan and Halmahera islands in Indonesia
120pxSurniculus velutinusPhilippine drongo-cuckooPhilippines

References

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  • Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India {{ISBN|0-691-04910-6}}

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Category:Cuculidae

Category:Bird genera

Category:Birds of Southeast Asia

Category:Taxa named by René Lesson

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