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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Asian Drongo-Cuckoo sighting in Way Kambas National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Way Kambas National Park
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Red-billed Malkoha
Zanclostomus javanicus
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus fugax
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Asian Drongo-Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Asian Drongo-Cuckoo sighting in Way Kambas National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Asian Drongo-Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Asian Drongo-Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park in our monthly data.