Surniculus


Surniculus is a small genus of birds in the cuckoo family. Its four members are found in tropical Asia and the Philippines. They are:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Surniculus lugubrisSquare-tailed drongo-cuckooSri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh
Surniculus 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
Surniculus velutinusPhilippine drongo-cuckooPhilippines