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Philippine drongo-cuckoo

Surniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877

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The philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.5 g to 39.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the philippine drongo-cuckoo

Weight
31.5 g – 39.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the philippine drongo-cuckoo live?

Not recorded

What is the philippine drongo-cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus) is a bird of the cuckoo family found only in the Philippines. It was formerly a subspecies of the Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo. It is found in tropical moist lowland forest up to 1,000 meters above sea level. It is declining due to habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Philippine drongo-cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippine_drongo-cuckoo&oldid=1366714659), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the philippine drongo-cuckoo endangered?

The philippine drongo-cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the philippine drongo-cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusSurniculus
  7. SpeciesSurniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • وقواق درانغو فلبينيArabic
  • cucut-drongo de les FilipinesCatalan
  • kukačka černáCzech
  • kukačka sametováCzech
  • Filippinsk DrongogøgDanish
  • PhilippinendrongokuckuckGerman
  • Philippinen-DrongokuckuckGerman
  • filipina drongokukoloEsperanto
  • Cuclillo drongo filipinoSpanish
  • filipiini drongokäguEstonian
  • filippiiniendrongokäkiFinnish
  • Coucou veloutéFrench
  • crna kukavicaCroatian
  • fülöp-szigeteki drongókakukkHungarian
  • Cuculo drongo delle FilippineItalian
  • フィリピンオウチュウカッコウJapanese
  • filipininė dronginė gegutėLithuanian
  • Filipijnse DrongokoekoekDutch
  • Filippijnse DrongokoekoekDutch
  • fløyelsdrongogjøkNorwegian
  • kukielczyk aksamitnyPolish
  • cuco-drongo-filipinoPortuguese
  • Филиппинская дронговая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka zamatováSlovak
  • Filipinska drongo kukavicaSerbian
  • filippindrongogökSwedish
  • filippinsk drongogökSwedish
  • Filipin Drongo GuguğuTurkish
  • зозуля-дронго філіпінськаUkrainian
  • 菲律宾乌鹃Chinese
  • 菲律賓烏鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the philippine drongo-cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Surniculus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the philippine drongo-cuckoo?

An adult philippine drongo-cuckoo weighs 31.5 g – 39.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the philippine drongo-cuckoo endangered?

The philippine drongo-cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the philippine drongo-cuckoo?

The philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/philippine-drongo-cuckoo

MLA

“Philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/philippine-drongo-cuckoo.

BibTeX
@misc{philippine_drongo_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Philippine drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/philippine-drongo-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}