Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus dicruroides(Hodgson, BH, 1839)
English (US) Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
The Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
- Scientific name
- Surniculus dicruroides
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Surniculus dicruroides dicruroides
- Surniculus dicruroides stewarti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pseudornis Dicruroides
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1839)
- Type locality
- Mountains of Nepal.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 8, pt.1, no.86 p.136 pl
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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