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Surniculus
Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Surniculus Lesson, 1830
Type species
Cuculus lugubris Horsfield, 1821
Species
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:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Surniculus lugubris	Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh
	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
	Surniculus velutinus	Philippine drongo-cuckoo	Philippines

References

1. "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

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

v t e Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Passerea Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae Musophagiformes †Foro? Musophagidae †Veflintornis Corythaeolinae Corythaeola Criniferinae Crinifer Musophaginae Gallirex Menelikornis Tauraco Otidiformes Otididae Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Eupodotis †Gryzaja Houbaropsis †Ioriotis Lissotis Lophotis †Miootis Neotis Otis †Pleotis Sypheotides Tetrax Cuculiformes See below ↓
Cuculiformes incertae sedis †Eutreptodactylus Cuculidae †Chamnbicuculus †Dynamopterus †Eocuculus †Neococcyx †Procuculus †Thomasococcyx Centropodinae Centropus Couinae Carpococcyx Coua Crotophaginae Crotophaga Guira Cuculinae Rhinortha Phaenicophaeini Ceuthmochares Clamator Coccycua Coccyzus Dasylophus Phaenicophaeus Piaya Rhamphococcyx Taccocua Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis Neomorphinae †Cursoricoccyx Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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