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
Citation:
(Hodgson, BH 1839)
Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal
8 p.136 pl.
Protonym:
Pseudornis Dicruroides
Type locality:
Mountains of Nepal.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40036211
Avibase ID:
89141C1122AAB33A
Avibase ID:
avibase-89141C11
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/89141C11
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 705384
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum] ( Surniculus dicruroides [incl. stewarti, excl. barussarum]) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2021: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2022: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2023: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2024: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2017: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2018: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2019: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.54: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.55: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2017: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2021: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2022: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2023: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
eBird version 2024: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus dicruroides) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Surniculus [lugubris, musschenbroeki or dicruroides]
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