Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusSurniculus (Drongo-Cuckoos)
- SpeciesSurniculus lugubris (Asian Drongo-Cuckoo)
The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) is a species of cuckoo that resembles a black drongo. It is found along the Himalayas extending east into Southeast Asia. The calls are series of piercing sharp whistles rising in pitch but shrill and choppily delivered. In the past, the species S. lugubris also included the subspecies dicruroides, which is now treated as a separate species, the fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Ranthambore National Park
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus varius
Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Sirkeer Malkoha
Taccocua leschenaultii
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Asian Drongo-Cuckoo at Ranthambore National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there