DRONGO CUCKOO

(see   862)           DRONGO CUCKOO      Surniculus lugubris

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)              666

Found in broad-leafed evergreen and deciduous forest, secondary growth, occasionally parks, gardens, mangroves. 24.5 cm. Breeds N, NE Indian subcontinent, S India, Sri Lanka, SE Tibet, W and southern China, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, N Moluccas; northern population winter to south, Sumatra.

Note: first Australian record.

SQUARE-TAILED DRONGO-CUCKOO

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   862)              ASIAN DRONGO-CUCKOO                   Surniculus lugubris

SINGAPORE               (62)

Uncommon resident and migrant; residents found in primary and secondary forests; migrants found in forests,old plantations, scrubs and parkland. 25 cm. Distribution: NE India, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Palawan.

ASIAN DRONGO-CUCKOO

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(862)              ASIAN DRONGO-CUCKOO                   Surniculus lugubris  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (83)        

Found in lowland forest, rainforest and along forest edges; occasionally disperse into scrub. 25 cm. Distribution: Oriental region; part migratory; an uncommon resident and winter visitor throughout the Sundra subregion;can be locally common on Sulawesi.