Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti]
Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti] (= 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
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
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754912
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E3138E023C5D2DF0
Avibase ID:
avibase-E3138E02
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E3138E02
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554715
Geographic range:
- Surniculus lugubris lugubris: Java and Bali
- Surniculus lugubris [brachyurus or minimus]: Himalayas from Kashmir east to northeastern India and Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand south through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, and Palawan
Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti]
French:
Coucou surnicou [excl. stewarti]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti] ( Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti]) |
| Clements, version 2015: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| Clements, version 2016: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| eBird version 2015: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| eBird version 2016: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo ( Surniculus lugubris) [version 6] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Surniculus [lugubris or dicruroides]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: বর্গ-লেজি ফিঙেপাপিয়া
Catalan: Cucut-drongo de la Sonda
Czech: kukačka drongovitá
Danish: Drongogøg
German: Drongokuckuck
English: Asian Drongo-Cuckoo, Drongo Cuckoo, Drongo-cuckoo, Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo [excl. stewarti]
Spanish: Cuclillo drongo colitruncado
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo Drongo Colitruncado
Estonian: drongokägu
Finnish: drongokäki
French: Coucou surnicou, Coucou surnicou [excl. stewarti]
Hungarian: ázsiai drongókakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kedasi Hitam, Kedasi hitam
Italian: Cuculo drongo asiatico
Japanese (romaji): ōchū kakkō, ouchuukakkou
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, Surniculus lugubris [excl. stewarti], Surniculus lugubris lugubris
Lithuanian: Azijinė dronginė gegutė
Latvian: lirastes dzeguze
Malay: Burung Hamba Kera, Burung Sawai, Burung Sewah Sawai
Dutch: Drongo-koekoek, Rechtstaartdrongokoekoek
Norwegian: Glansdrongogjøk
Polish: kukielczyk
Pinyin: juǎn-wěi-juān, wū kāgū, wū-juān, wū-kēgū
Russian: Дронговая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka drongovitá
Swedish: tvärstjärtad drongogök
Tamil: Karichan Kuyil
Thai: นกคัคคูแซงแซว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu saeeŋ-saeew
Ukrainian: Зозуля-дронго азійська
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu đen
Chinese: 乌喀咕, 乌鹃, 卷尾鹃, 方尾乌鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 卷尾鵑, 烏喀咕, 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 烏鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 乌鹃
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