Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)

Punjab and lower Himalayas east through Nepal to Assam and Manipur, and from south-central China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan) south through Myanmar and Thailand to Indochina. Winters south to Malaysia, Sumatra (and Nias) and Java. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) [XC758842]
by Saswat Mishra from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Wildlife Sanctuary, India (alarm call, call, mating display call)

Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) [XC758844]
by Saswat Mishra from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Wildlife Sanctuary, India (song)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839) - Punjab and lower Himalayas east through Nepal to Assam and Manipur, and from south-central China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan) south through Myanmar and Thailand to Indochina. Winters south to Malaysia, Sumatra (and Nias) and Java. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris).
stewarti Baker, ECS, 1920 - Sri Lanka.

References
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