Plaintive Cuckoo bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
Old latin name for birdCuculus merulinus
OrderCuckoos and relatives / Cuculiformes
FamilyCuckoos / Cuculidae
GenusCacomantis
Breeding regionAustralasia, Oriental Region
Breeding subregionse Asia to Philippines

Plaintive Cuckoo bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Rolf A. de By
    Vietnam
  • 2.
    Call, © Yeo SB
    Singapore
  • 3.
    Song, © Eric DeFonso
    Indonesia
  • 4.
    Song, © Bruno Durand
    Indonesia
  • 5.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Malaysia
  • 6.
    Song, © Scott Olmstead
    China
  • 7.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Thailand
  • 8.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Thailand
  • 9.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Malaysia
  • 10.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Thailand
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Plaintive Cuckoo

Plaintive Cuckoo subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Cacomantis merulinus lanceolatusJava, Bali-No
Cacomantis merulinus merulinusPhilippines and Sulawesi-No
Cacomantis merulinus queruluse Himalayas to s China, Indochina and Malay Pen.-No
Cacomantis merulinus threnodess Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalancucut ploraner
Chinese八声杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional)八聲杜鵑
Croatianžalobna kukavica
Czechkukačka naříkavá
DanishRødbuget Gøg
DutchPiet-van-Vliet
Estonianväike-tüüdukägu
Finnishvalittajakäki
FrenchCoucou plaintif
GermanKlagekuckuck
IndonesianWiwik kelabu
ItalianCuculo lamentoso
Japaneseヒメカッコウ
Lithuanianpilkakrūtė šeriuotoji gegutė
Norwegianklagegjøk, Klagegjøk
Polishkukułka siwogardła
Portuguesecuco-lamurioso, cuco-melancólico
RussianСерогрудая щетинистая кукушка
SerbianRiđotrba kukavica
Slovakkukučka nariekavá
SpanishCuco plañidero
Swedishsorgbuskgök
Thaiนกอีวาบตั๊กแตน
TurkishDertli Guguk
Ukrainianкукавка сіровола