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

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

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Habitat

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