Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cuckoos

Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo

Surniculus dicruroides

LCLeast Concern
Family
Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Order
Cuculiformes

Overview

The fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) is a species of cuckoo that resembles the Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus). It is found mainly in hill forests in peninsular India and Sri Lanka although some specimens are known from the Himalayan foothills. It can be identified by its metallic black plumage, straight beak, white barred vent, forked tail and white spot on the back of the head. The fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo's song has been described as a series of 5 or 6 whistling "pip-pip-pip-pip-pip-" notes rising in pitch with each "pip".

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Last updated September 29, 2026.