CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
European Cuckoo
Typical Cuckoos
Hawk-Cuckoos
Violet and Emerald Cuckoos
Golden Cuckoos
The Drongo-Cuckoos
American Cuckoos
Crested Cuckoos
Coucals
Koels
Red-faced Cuckoo
Lizard Cuckoos
Anis, or Savanna Cuckoos
The Groove-billed Ani
The Guira Cuckoo
THE PLANTAIN-EATERS
Plantain Eaters Species
Plantain eater description
THE PARROTS
Parrot Description
Parrot habitat
The Nestor Parrots
Kaka Parrot
Kea Parrot
Kea Parrot Habitat
The Lories and Lorikeets
Lorikeets
The Owl-Parrot
Owl Parrot habitat
The Cockatoos
Great Black Cockatoo
Raven Cockatoos
Helmeted Cockatoo
Typical Cockatoos
Australian Cockatoo-Parakeet
The Typical Parrots
The Pygmy Parrots
Macaws
True Macaws
Peruvian Guacamayo
Carolina Parakeet
Argentine Green Parakeet
Parrotlets, American Love Birds
Amazons, or Blunt-tailed Green Parrots
African Parrots
The Vasa Parrots
True Parakeets
Love Birds
Bat-Parrots
The Broad-tailed Parrots
Crimson Parakeet
Grass Parakeets
Crested Parakeets
Night Parakeet
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
The Drongo-Cuckoos
(Surniculus) are so named from the extraordinary resemblance in structure and coloration to the Drongo-Shrikes, or King Crows (Dicrurus), the plumage being mainly black throughout, while the tail appears forked from the fact that the lateral feathers, although not much if any longer than the others, are curved outward.
Of the three species, which range throughout the greater part of the Oriental region, the best-known is the Drongo-Cuckoo (S. lugubris), a bird about ten inches long, with the black plumage marked with a changeable green and purple gloss, the effect of which is heightened by the usual presence of several pure white feathers on the nape. They are quiet, tame birds, feeding on caterpillars, beetles, and seeds, and having, according to Legge,”a remarkable human whistle of six ascending notes, as of some one practicing a musical scale."
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