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Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo

Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)

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The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 29.1 g to 29.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
Photo: TonyCastro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo

Weight
29.1 g – 29.7 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 square-tailed drongo-cuckoo live?

Not recorded

What is the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Square-tailed_drongo-cuckoo&oldid=1379852439), 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 square-tailed drongo-cuckoo endangered?

The square-tailed 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 square-tailed drongo-cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusSurniculus
  7. SpeciesSurniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)

Synonyms Cuculus lugubris

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Asian drongo-cuckooEnglish
  • Drongo cuckooEnglish
  • Drongo cuckooEnglish
  • Drongo cuckooEnglish
  • وقواق درانغو مربع الذيلArabic
  • ফিঙে কুলিBangla
  • cucut-drongo de la SondaCatalan
  • kukačka drongovitáCzech
  • cog ddrongoWelsh
  • DrongogøgDanish
  • DrongokuckuckGerman
  • Drongo-KuckuckGerman
  • Geradschwanz-DrongokuckuckGerman
  • kvadratvosta drongokukoloEsperanto
  • Cuclillo Drongo AsiáticoSpanish
  • Cuclillo drongo colitruncadoSpanish
  • drongokäguEstonian
  • drongokäkiFinnish
  • Coucou drongoFrench
  • Coucou surnicouFrench
  • indonezijska kukavicaCroatian
  • ázsiai drongókakukkHungarian
  • Kedasi hitamIndonesian
  • Cuculo drongoItalian
  • Cuculo drongo asiaticoItalian
  • オウチュウカッコウJapanese
  • 검은두견이Korean
  • azijinė dronginė gegutėLithuanian
  • lirastes dzeguzeLatvian
  • RechtstaartdrongokoekoekDutch
  • glansdrongogjøkNorwegian
  • kukielczykPolish
  • cuco-drongo-de-cauda-quadradaPortuguese
  • Дронговая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka drongovitáSlovak
  • Ravnorepa drongo kukavicaSerbian
  • tvärstjärtad drongogökSwedish
  • นกคัคคูแซงแซวThai
  • Asya Drongo GuguğuTurkish
  • зозуля-дронго азійськаUkrainian
  • 乌鹃Chinese
  • 方尾烏鵑Chinese
  • 烏鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo?

An adult square-tailed drongo-cuckoo weighs 29.1 g – 29.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo endangered?

The square-tailed 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 square-tailed drongo-cuckoo?

The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-drongo-cuckoo

MLA

“Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-drongo-cuckoo.

BibTeX
@misc{square_tailed_drongo_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-drongo-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}