Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus - Coucou plaintif

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cacomantis

  • Species
    :

    merulinus

Descriptor

Scopoli, 1786

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 22 à 25 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucou plaintif
♀ adult
Coucou plaintif
adult

Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Cacomantis merulinus merulinus (Philippines)
  • Cacomantis merulinus querulus (e Himalayas to s China, Indochina and Malay Pen.)
  • Cacomantis merulinus threnodes (s Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo)
  • Cacomantis merulinus lanceolatus (Java, Sulawesi)

Foreign names

  • Coucou plaintif,
  • Cuco plañidero,
  • cuco-melancólico,
  • Klagekuckuck,
  • Piet-van-Vliet,
  • Cuculo lamentoso,
  • sorgbuskgök,
  • Klagegjøk,
  • kukučka nariekavá,
  • kukačka naříkavá,
  • Rødbuget Gøg,
  • valittajakäki,
  • cucut ploraner,
  • kukułka siwogardła,
  • Серогрудая щетинистая кукушка,
  • Wiwik kelabu,
  • ヒメカッコウ,
  • 八声杜鹃,
  • นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน,
  • 八聲杜鵑,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Coucou plaintif

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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