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Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus] (= Surniculus lugubris) (Horsfield, T 1821)
The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo that resembles a black drongo. It is found in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh. The calls are series of piercing sharp whistles rising in pitch but shrill and choppily delivered. Source: Wikipedia
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Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Surniculus
Scientific:
Surniculus lugubris
Classification
Order:Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Surniculus
Scientific:
Surniculus lugubris
Original description
Citation:
(Horsfield, T 1821)
Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London
(1), 13 p.179
Protonym:
Cuculus lugubris
Type locality:
Java.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754912
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1649288AEC2E2629
Avibase ID:
avibase-1649288A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1649288A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554715
Geographic range:
- Surniculus lugubris lugubris: Java and Bali
- Surniculus lugubris [brachyurus or minimus]: Himalayas from Kashmir eastward to northeastern India and Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand southward through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, and Palawan
- Surniculus lugubris stewarti: Sri Lanka
- Surniculus musschenbroeki: Sulawesi region including Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi) and Buton (to southeast), and Halmahera, Bacan, and Obi (northern Moluccas)
- Surniculus velutinus: Philippines (except Palawan group)
- Surniculus velutinus velutinus: southern Philippines (eastern Visayas and Mindanao group)
- Surniculus velutinus suluensis: Sulu Archipelago (Jolo, Bongao, and Tawi Tawi, southern Philippines)
- Surniculus velutinus chalybaeus: Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, and Negros)
- Surniculus dicruroides dicruroides: Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent
- Surniculus dicruroides barussarum: breeds northeastern India through northern southeastern Asia and southeastern China, including Hainan; winters southward to Sumatra
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Source: Clements checklist
Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
French:
Coucou surnicou ou C. velouté
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Coucou surnicou ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 4] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Surniculus lugubris [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Surniculus lugubris [version 4] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Surniculus lugubris [version 4] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Drongo Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: বর্গ-লেজি ফিঙেপাপিয়া
Catalan: Cucut-drongo de la Sonda
Czech: Kukacka drongovitá, kukačka drongovitá
Danish: Drongogøg
German: Drongokuckuck
English: Asian Drongo-Cuckoo, Drongo Cuckoo, Drongo-Cuckoo, Square-tailed, Philippine, Moluccan or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo drongo Asiático, Cuclillo-drongo Asiático
Estonian: drongokägu
Finnish: Drongokäki
French: Coucou drongo, Coucou surnicou, Coucou surnicou ou C. velouté, Coucou surnicou ou S. velouté
Hungarian: ázsiai drongókakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kedasi Hitam, Kedasi hitam
Italian: Cuculo drongo, Cuculo drongo asiatico
Japanese (romaji): ōchū kakkō, ouchuukakkou, Ouchuu-kakkou
Japanese: オウチュウカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 烏秋郭公
Korean: 검은두견이
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-dugyeoni
Scientific: Cuculus lugubris, Surniculus [lugubris or velutinus], Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki, dicruroides or velutinus], Surniculus lugubris, Surniculus lugubris lugubris
Lithuanian: Azijinė dronginė gegutė
Malay: Burung Hamba Kera, Burung Sawai, Burung Sewah Sawai
Dutch: Drongokoekoek, Drongo-koekoek
Norwegian: Glansdrongogjøk
Polish: kukiel zalobny, kukiel żałobny
Pinyin: juǎn-wěi-juān, wū kāgū, wū-juān, wū-kēgū
Russian: Дронговая кукушка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kawudukoha
Slovak: kukucka drongovitá
Swedish: Asiatisk drongogök, Drongogök
Tamil: Karichan Kuyil
Thai: นกคัคคูแซงแซว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu saeeŋ-saeew
Ukrainian: Зозуля-дронго азійська
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu đen, Cu cu đen
Chinese: 乌喀咕, 乌鹃, 卷尾鹃, 烏鵑
Chinese (Traditional): 卷尾鵑, 烏喀咕, 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 乌鹃
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