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).
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) [XC177702]
by Shailendra Patil from Near Km 14, Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) [XC100933]
by Fernand DEROUSSEN from hillslope nr Kaziranga NP, 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).