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Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti]

Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti] (= Surniculus dicruroides) (Hodgson, BH 1839)

The fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo that resembles a black drongo. It is found resident mainly in peninsular India in hill forests although some specimens are known from the Himalayan foothills. It can be easily distinguished by its straight beak and the white barred vent. It has a deeply forked tail often having a white spot on the back of the head. The song has been described as a series of 5 or 6 whistling "pip-pip-pip-pip-pip-" notes rising in pitch with each "pip". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Surniculus
Scientific:
  Surniculus dicruroides

Original description

Citation:
  (Hodgson, BH 1839)

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 8 p.136 pl.

Protonym:
  Pseudornis Dicruroides

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40036211

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  20DDC6CCC340BDDA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-20DDC6CC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/20DDC6CC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 705384

Geographic range:

  • Surniculus lugubris stewarti: Sri Lanka
  • Surniculus dicruroides dicruroides: Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent
  • Surniculus dicruroides barussarum: breeds northeastern India, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Indochina, and southeastern China, including Hainan; winters south to Sumatra
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti]
French:
Coucou à queue fourchue [incl. stewarti]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (incl. stewarti) ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (incl. stewarti) ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (incl. stewarti) ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (incl. stewarti) ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti])
Clements, version 2015:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
Clements, version 2016:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
eBird version 1.52:
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo (Fork-tailed) ( Surniculus lugubris dicruroides)
eBird version 1.53:
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo (Fork-tailed) ( Surniculus lugubris dicruroides)
eBird version 2015:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
eBird version 2016:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Surniculus [lugubris or dicruroides]

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Catalan: Cucut-drongo cuaforcat
German: Gabelschwanz-Drongokuckuck
English: Asian Drongo-Cuckoo (Fork-tailed), Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (incl. stewarti), Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti]
Spanish: Cuclillo drongo coliahorquillado
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo Drongo Coliahorquillado
French: Coucou à queue fourchue, Coucou à queue fourchue (incl. stewarti), Coucou à queue fourchue [incl. stewarti], Coucou velouté de Chine, Surnicou à queue fourchue (incl. stewarti)
Italian: Cuculo drongo codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji): enbiouchuukakkou
Japanese: エンビオウチュウカッコウ
Scientific: Pseudornis Dicruroides, Surniculus dicruroides, Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti], Surniculus dicruroides dicruroides, Surniculus lugubris dicruroides
Malayalam: കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടിക്കുയിൽ
Nepali: चिबे कोइली
Dutch: Vorkstaartdrongokoekoek
Norwegian: Satengdrongogjøk
Polish: kukielczyk indochiński
Slovak: kukučka vidlochvostá
Swedish: klyvstjärtad drongogök
Thai: นกคัคคูแซงแซว (dicruroides)
Vietnamese: Cu cu đen
Chinese: 乌鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 扇尾烏鵑

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