Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Mikstert-/Reguitstertbyvangerkoekoek
Bulgarian: Индийска / Индонезийска дронгова кукувица
Bengali: বর্গ-লেজি ফিঙেপাপিয়া
Catalan: cucut drongo cuaforcat/de la Sonda, Cucut-drongo de la Sonda
Czech: kukačka drongovitá, kukačka vidloocasá/drongovitá
Danish: Drongogøg, Splithalet Drongogøg/Drongogøg
German: Drongokuckuck, Gabelschwanz-/Geradschwanz-Drongokuckuck
English: Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, Square-tailed or Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo, Square-tailed/Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
English (Avilist): Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
English, HBW: Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
English (IOC): Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
English (United States): Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo drongo colitruncado, Cuclillo Drongo Colitruncado/Coliahorquillado
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo drongo colitruncado/coliahorquillado
Spanish (HBW): Square-tailed/Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Estonian: drongokägu
Finnish: drongokäki
French: Coucou à queue fourchue ou C. surnicou, Coucou surnicou ou C. à queue fourchue, Surnicou d'Asie ou S. à queue fourchue
French (Guyane): Coucou à queue fourchue ou C. surnicou
Croatian: kukavica lastarka/indonezijska kukavica
Hungarian: ázsiai drongókakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kedasi Hitam, Kedasi utara/hitam
Italian: Cuculo drongo asiatico
Japanese (romaji): enbiouchuukakkou/ouchuukakkou, ōchū kakkō, ouchuukakkou/enbiouchuukakkou
Japanese: エンビオウチュウカッコウ/オウチュウカッコウ, オウチュウカッコウ, オウチュウカッコウ/エンビ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 dicruroides], Surniculus dicruroides/lugubris, Surniculus lugubris, Surniculus lugubris lugubris, Surniculus lugubris/dicruroides
Lithuanian: Azijinė dronginė gegutė
Malay: Burung Hamba Kera
Nepali: पुच्छरकापे चिबे कोइली/चिबे कोइली
Dutch: Drongo-koekoek, Drongo-koekoek/Vorkstaartdrongokoekoek, Vorkstaartdrongokoekoek/Drongo-koekoek
Norwegian: Glansdrongogjøk, satengdrongogjøk/glansdrongogjøk
Polish: kukielczyk, kukielczyk indochiński/kukielczyk
Pinyin: wū-juān
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-drongo-de-cauda-forcada/cuco-drongo-de-cauda-quadrada
Russian: Вилохвостая/Дронговая кукушка, Дронговая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka drongovitá, kukučka vidlochvostá/drongovitá
Serbian: Račvorepa drongo kukavica/ravnorepa drongo kukavica, Račvorepa/ravnorepa drongo kukavica
Swedish: klyvstjärtad drongogök/tvärstjärtad drongogök, tvärstjärtad drongogök
Tamil: Karichan Kuyil
Thai: นกคัคคูแซงแซว, นกคัคคูแซงแซว (dicruroides/lugubris), นกคัคคูแซงแซว/นกคัคคูแซงแซวหางแฉก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu saeeŋ-saeew
Turkish: Çatal kuyruklu/Asya drongo guguğu
Ukrainian: Зозуля-дронго азійська, Зозуля-дронго вилохвоста/азійська
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu đen
Chinese: 乌鹃, 乌鹃/方尾乌鹃, 叉尾乌鹃/乌鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 烏/方尾烏鵑, 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 乌鹃