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[[Image:10095808713 d96a1fd641 c.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Former Bidadari Cemetery, [[Singapore]], October 2013]]
 
[[Image:10095808713 d96a1fd641 c.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Former Bidadari Cemetery, [[Singapore]], October 2013]]
 
Clements recognizes three subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
Clements recognizes three subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
* ''S. d. barussarum'' breeding in northeastern [[India]], northern [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]], northern [[Indochina]], and southeastern [[China]], including Hainan; winters south to [[Sumatra]]
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* ''S. l. barussarum'' breeding in northeastern [[India]], northern [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]], northern [[Indochina]], and southeastern [[China]], including Hainan; winters south to [[Sumatra]]
* ''S. d. brachyurus'' from the [[Himalayas]] from Kashmir east to northeastern [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] south through the [[Malay Peninsula]] to [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]], and Palawan
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* ''S. l. brachyurus'' from the [[Himalayas]] from Kashmir east to northeastern [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] south through the [[Malay Peninsula]] to [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]], and Palawan
*'' S. d. lugubris'' in [[Java]] and [[Bali]]
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*'' S. l. lugubris'' in [[Java]] and [[Bali]]
The IOC list gives another range for ''brachyurus'' (southern [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sumatra]], Bangka Island, Borneo and southwest [[Philippines]]).<br />
 
 
This species was formerly included in [[Asian Drongo-Cuckoo]].
 
This species was formerly included in [[Asian Drongo-Cuckoo]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==

Revision as of 20:27, 6 January 2019

Photo by the late Laurence Poh
Near Perak, Malaysia, January 2004
Surniculus lugubris

Identification

25cm.
Overall glossy black.Small white nuchal patch and white thighs are difficult to observe in the field.

From Drongos by thinner slightly down curved beak, forked tail (slightly) with white barrings on vent and under tail coverts.

Juvenile is slightly browner and has white spots on body and coverts.

Distribution

Asia: found in the Indian sub-continent, through south-east Asia to the Greater Sundas and Bali.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Juvenile
Photo by SeeToh
Former Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, October 2013

Clements recognizes three subspecies[1]:

This species was formerly included in Asian Drongo-Cuckoo.

Habitat

Forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

Keeps to the canopy and the crown of tall trees. Does not chase insects from a open perch in the manner of drongos.
A known brood parasite of Striped Tit-Babbler and Olive-winged Bulbul.
Very vocal.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations

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