Surniculus

Surniculus
Juvenile fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (S. dicruroides)
Scientific classification
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

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