Aves > Cuculiformes > Cuculidae > Surniculus
Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) – Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo
Taxonomic Notes:
Includes here dicruroides ('Fork-tailed Drongo Cuckoo'), which is sometimes treated as separate from lugubris, with the latter sensu stricto becoming 'Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo' (BLI, eBird, IOC).
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Aves > Cuculiformes > Cuculidae > Surniculus
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2023. Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) – Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo. Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Birds of India, v. 2.17. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.birdsofindia.org/sp/845/Surniculus-lugubris